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VIEW OF GRASS VALLEY, NEVADA COUNTY, OS WOLF CREEK
cJUNE 1916
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum Norman B. Livermore
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John D. McKee
John A. Britton D. H. Foote John A. McCandless
W. M. Crocker W. G. Henshaw G. O. G. Miller
F. G. Drum A. F. Hockenbeamer George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. C. IvOve Assistant Treasurer
Chas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
Ralph W. Halsey Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
\V. B. Bosley Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Cantrell Property Agent
J. P. CoGHLAN Manager Claims Department
C. P. CuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. Jollyman Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
VV. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. C. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
District Headquarters Manager
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryfobd
Colgate Colgate Miles Werby
Colusa Colusa L. H. Hartsock
Contra Costa Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Martin
Electra Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
Marin San Rafael W. H. Foster
Napa Napa CD. Clabk
Nevada Nevada City John Webry
Petaluma Petaluma H. Webeb
Placeb East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. G. Holbebton
San Joaquin Stockton J- W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J- D. Kusteb
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa ^L G. Hall
Solano Dixon C. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Coons
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Contents for June, 1916
Bird's-Eye View of the Union Works Frontispiece
THE UNION IRON WORKS AT SAN FRAN-
CISCO— By Its Recent Acquisition of the
United Engineering Works, on the Ala-
meda Shore Across the Bay, This Will
Shortly Become the Largest Ship-Build-
ing Works in the United States. Is a
Large Consumer of "Pacific Service"
Power H.P.Pitts ... 3
ELECTRICITY AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN
WAREHOUSING Geo. E. Garthorne 10
THE SEED OF SUCCESS James J. Hill . . 13
IMPRESSIONS OF THE THIRTY-NINTH N. E.
L. A. CONVENTION Henry Bostwick . 14
GAS MEN OF THE PACIFIC COAST GATHER
AT LOS ANGELES FOR THE SECOND
GET-TOGETHER DINNER OF THE SEA-
SON F.S. Myrtle . . 16
OF INTEREST TO GAS ENGINEERS 17
A "PACIFIC SERVICE" STORY ONLY PART-
LY TOLD 18
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F. Hockenbeamer 20
EDITORIAL 26
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 28
ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" The Committee . 35
DOINGS OF "PACIFIC SERVICE" SECTION,
N. E. L. A E.B. Price ... 38
Index to Advertisers
AUis-Ghalmers Mfg. Co ii
Associated Oil Co vii
Bastian-Morley Go viii
Chaplin-Fulton Mfg. Co vi
General Electric Co iii
General Gas Light Go ii
Halsey, N. W., & Co 4th page cover
Nickerson, John, Jr i
Pacific Meter Go vii
Pelton Water Wheel Co vi
Pierson, Roeding & Co iv
Roebling's, John A., Sons Co viii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc vi
Sprague Meter Co vi
Standard Underground Gable Go vii
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Go v
Welsbach Company viii
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co ix
Western Engineering Publishing Go v
White, J. G , Engineering Corporation vii
Wood, R. D, & Go iv
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VOL. VIII
JUNE, 1916
No. 1
Union Iron Works at San Francisco
By Its Recent Acquisition of the United Engineering Works on the
Alameda Shore, Across the Bay, this will Shortly Become
the Largest Ship-building Works in the United States.
Is a Large Consumer of ''Pacific Service " Power
By H. P. PITTS, Industrial Engineer
^ ^ ^HEN the San Franciscan finds him-
y \ self in the throes of a depression
that invites uncertainty as to the future,
and assailed, among other things, by ap-
prehension that the ^Yestern metropolis
is not growing as a manufacturing city,
or that its manufactures are not being re-
tained, due to conditions peculiar to it-
self, one should take a Third Street car
and go out to the Union Works at Twen-
tieth Street and observe at first hand what
is going on.
The first attraction is the noise of con-
struction, which is deafening. The sound
of hundreds of air-hammers can be heard
above everything else as they send home
the rivets which hold together the large
steel plates forming the ships' hulls. If
one is fortunate enough to get into the
office overlooking the yard, the first thing
that attracts attention are the six slips,
every one of which is occupied by a ves-
sel under construction, together with the
drydocks on which vessels of all sizes
are being repaired.
At the present rate of speed at which
work of that kind progresses, the time
consumed between the laying of the keel
of a vessel and its launching is three
months, and the total capacity of the
Union Iron Works plant is about sixty
10,000-ton vessels annually. But in order
to meet the demand which, as everybody
knows, is unusually great under existing
conditions, the company has recently in-
creased its ship-building facilities by ac-
quiring the plant of the United Engineer-
ing Works of Alameda, and this, too, has
been extended to take in an additional
twenty acres along the water front. This
plant is to be enlarged and is to be known
as the Union Iron Works Company Ala-
meda Branch, and when alterations and
enlargements have been completed, which
will be in the next five months, the Union
Iron Works Company will be larger by
forty-two per cent than any other ship-
building plant in the United States. These
facts are so astonishing in their nature
that it is thought that a description of
this wonderful enterprise at this time
would be interesting.
Years ago, the Union Iron Works ac-
quired a nation-wide reputation when it
constructed and put into service the bat-
tleship "Oregon." The achievements of
this floating war-machine are well known
to everyone in and out of this continent.
About five years ago a plan of reconstruc-
tion was put in operation. Before that
time the entire works had been operated
from an isolated steam plant, that is, elec-
tricity was generated at the works for
the operation of the different shops,
direct-current energy being chiefly used
to drive the machinery in the plate shop,
the woodworking shop, boiler shop, ma-
chine shop and foundry, while steam-
driven compressors were operated for the
air tools and all other pneumatic tools.
It was at this time that the representa-
tive of "Pacific Service" injected himself
into the situation. Ample time and as-
sistance were given to make a thoi'ough
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investigation, and every feature was
thoroughly analyzed, costs run down and
new ideas projected, with the result that
it was determined that the central station
could supply electric energy under more
satisfactory conditions than any other
mode of operation, the Diesel engine and
steam turbine being also considered. A
contract was forthwith closed with the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a
term of years for the supply of electric
energy for the entire works.
With this change of policy came also
a rearrangement of nearly every other
feature of the works. A new power plant
was erected at a cost of $145,000, a good
view of which is shown here. Under the
roof of this building, which is a beauti-
ful piece of architecture of the Spanish
Renaissance type, built of reinforced con-
crete, in d.iniension 126 feet by 40 feet,
are housed the four large Chicago Pneu-
matic Tool Company air compressors for
supplying air for pneumatic hammers,
each compressor being direct-connected
to a 450-horsepower General Electric syn-
chronous motor. Located here are also
two rotary convertors of a capacity of
200 k. w. each, which are used for supply-
ing all direct current required for cranes,
special machinery, etc., in the shops. A
good view is also given of the 18-panel
switchboard located at one end of the
building, behind which are located three
500-k. V. a., 11,000/480-volt transformers,
the three 50-k, v. a., 11, 000/1 20-volt trans-
formers and the two 225-k, v. a. trans-
formers. Above all of this machinery
may be seen the large 10-ton electrically-
driven traveling crane which spans the
entire width of the building. Beneath
the switchboard, and on a lower floor,
are the 11,000-volt switch compartments
which receive the incoming cables that
enter the building through underground
ducts, the works being fed by two distinct
circuits, one of which is direct from the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company's main
Thri'i'-pliasc caiitilcvor crane at Uie Union Iron Works. Span, 162 feet.
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turns out, requires a
great number of depart-
ments. Directly oppo-
site the plant, and
across Twentieth Street,
are the large machine
shops and foundry in
which all of the ma-
chinery which drives
and operates the ships
is manufactured and as-
sembled, such as en-
gines, boilers, etc. These
buildings cover acres of
land and in them are
employed hundreds of
men. With the coming
of central station energy
came also numerous al-
terations and improve-
ments of the depart-
ments; main-line shafts
and countershafts were
eliminated, doing away
with the use of belting,
and all machine tools
were direct connected
to individual motors,
which, besides making
a great saving in power,
generating station at the
Potrero. By this means
there is a surety of serv-
ice which is unexcelled.
On this floor also is
located the electric de-
partment where all new
and repair work is
done.
A bird's-eye view of
the works shows build-
ings too numerous to
describe, for the con-
struction and repair of
ships of such magni-
tude as this company
(li Exterior of power plant at tlie Union Iron Works, front view.
(2) Interior of plant, showing motor-driven air compressor.
(3) Interior, showing switchboard and rotary convertors.
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L iiidii Oil ( .iMU|)aii\ s laiikcr ■'La JWca." lUiill at the I iiIdii Inm Works. iJead wci^^ht cai)acity,
10,500 tons, l-ciigtli, i;}.') Icct; breadth, 5(1 loot; depth, 33 feet 0 inches. Keel laid
September 15, 1915; launched December 15, 1915; delivered to owner
March 5, 1916 — record time.
made the shops lighter and much more
inviting to the workmen. During the
past several years extensions in these de-
partments have been almost continuous,
and almost every foot of ground available
is covered by buildings in which machin-
ery is running night and day to supply
the driving power for the ships which
are being launched and repaired almost
daily. Just at this writing a large new
foundry is in course of construction, the
dimensions of which are 200 feet by 175
feet.
In the main yards are the immense
plate shops where all of the large steel
plates which eventually constitute the
ships' hulls are cut and bent into shape,
drilled and punched. The dimensions of
this building are 500 feet long by 100
feet wide. Here also are the large black-
smith shops, housing the enormous steam
hammers, drills and punches; alongside
are the boiler shops, all of which are
electrically operated.
Besides the six slips shown in the fore-
ground of the view, are the drydocks and
floating drydocks, the pumps of which
arc driven electrically. These drydocks
are used principally for repair of ships,
and the picture gives a very good idea
of the number of ships that are on the
"ways," while others are shown awaiting
their turn. Tiiesc drydocks, however,
have now been found inadeciuate to take
care of all the work, and a new floating
drvdock is to be constructed of enormous
proportions. It will have a lifting ca-
pacity of 8000 tons dead weight and will
be operated by ten 16-inch pumps, each
pump driven by a 250-h. p. electric motor.
Located at the Eighteenth and Illinois
streets gate, in the immediate lower left-
hand corner, is an auxiliary compressor
plant of 1000-h. p. capacity, consisting of
one 500-h.p,, one 300-h.p. and one 200-h.p.
electrically-driven compressors which are
at present required to supply air for pneu-
matic tools to aid those previously de-
scribed and located in the power plant.
And now this enormous plant, with its
4900 employees, with a payroll (exclusive
of salaries) of $180,000 per week, has
been found inadequate to produce the
tonnage that has been contracted for. In
looking about for more space and good
facilities, the United Engineering Works
of Alameda has been recently acquired as
a branch which, when reconstructed, will
cover twenty-eight acres. Nine new slips
will be built to accommodate as many
new ships, two of wliicli will be 850 feet
long, and on which battle cruisers maj' be
built. The remaining seven will each be
500 feet long. Each slip will be equipped
with two 20-ton traveling cranes, each
crane to be operated by a 75-h. p. motor.
Besides the slips there will be two marine
railways, each capable of handling boats
of 3000 tons and 3500 tons capacity, re-
spectively. A new plate shop is to be
built which will be 500 feet long by 100
feet wide, with traveling cranes extending
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to the slips. A large
cantilever crane will
be erected in the yard
having a span of 162
feet.
A new power plant
is to be constructed,
built of reinforced
concrete, dimensions
of 110 feet by 50 feet,
to house eight Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Com-
pany two-stage com-
pressors, each one pro-
ducing 2300 cubic feet
of air per minute, and
each direct connected
to400-h.p. motors. The
plant will also contain
two rotary convertors,
each of 200-k. w^. ca-
pacity, together with
other smaller motor-
generator sets. This
plant is to perform a
function similar to the
one at the main works
at San Francisco.
A new floating dry-
dock is to be built,
having a capacity to
Views of the United Engineering Works at Alameda, whose plant was
recently acquired by the Union Iron Works.
raise 4500 tons dead
weight and operated
by pumps electrically
driven.
All of this work is
now being carried on;
fully three-quarters of
the twenty-eight acres
has been filled and
raised seven feet by a
dredger operating in
the estuary, the re-
mainder to be filled
and raised as soon as
the present buildings
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can be abandoned. Kverywhere construc-
tion work is being carried on; 100-foot
piles are being driven for the slips and
new buildings, concrete mixers are fol-
lowing up the pile drivers and concreting
and capping Die piles as they are being
driven in place; buildings are being torn
down to make room for more spacious
structures. All the time the machinery is
in operation turning out new and repair-
ing old boats. All of this work will have
to be completed in five months, and 3000
men will ultimately be employed.
The enterprise of this great concern
was manifest when several years ago it
appreciated the value of Hunter's Point
dry dock in San Francisco Bay and pur-
chased it. It has been demonstrated that
in this the company showed considerable
foresight, for from the points of view
of location and utility the whole Pacific
Coast might be searched to find its equal
— one that affords so many advantages
for drydock purposes. The United States
government has recognized this, in that
it has negotiated with the Union Iron
Works for its use under extraordinary
conditions. The plant there consists of
two drydocks, the larger of which will
accommodate the largest vessels that ply
the Pacific, the other being much smaller;
each drydock is furnished with the neces-
sary pumps and air compressors. These,
however, have been found inadequate,
and a contract has just been entered into
with the San Francisco Bridge Company
for the construction of a new graving
dock, the capacity of which will accom-
modate ^ny type of ship afloat or any
battleship that the most sanguinary war-
fiend might dream of. The dimensions
inside are to be, length 1020 feet, width
at coping 153 feet, width at bottom 110
feet, depth over sill from below coping
45 feet 6 inches. It will be entirely con-
creted, ;ind the steel caisson at the en-
L'. S. S. "Oregon," tliiit cluring the Spanish-American war made the voyage round Cape Horn in
time to take part in the battle of Santiago. Built at the Union Iron Works.
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trance will have water-tight compartments
with pumping facilities for flooding and
emptying. The length of the caisson will
be 130 feel 8 inches at deck line, breadth
28 feet G inches, depth 47 feet (i inches.
The enormous pumps which will be used
for emptying the docks will be four in
number, and each is to have a capacity
of 75,000 gallons per minute under a head
of forty-three feet, speed of 250 r. p. m.,
and each will be direct connected to a
750-h. p. motor. The suction pipe will
be 51 inches in diameter. There will also
be two drainage pumps, having a capacity
of 5000 gallons each per minute under a
62-foot head, each pump direct connected
to a 110-h. p. motor. A 100-k.v.a. lighting
set will be installed. This new work will
be completed in twenty months and will
cost in the neighborhood of $2,000,000.
When fully equipped, it will excel any
other drydock arrangement in the United
States.
This article would not be complete
were not mention made of another great
California enterprise which helps to make
all of the above more interesting. Every
wheel which turns, or will turn, in the
operation of the above described plants,
also in all of the contractors' work, is
turned by "Pacific Service." The terrible
din and noise of the air hammers, the
running machinery, is all music because
it spells out "Service," every rap of the
hammers means kilowatt hours. One of
the great assets of this great manufac-
turing enterprise is its ability to pur-
chase service that is continuous and re-
liable, and that time penalties on con-
struction work have no sting, for the
management knows that unlimited power
is at its elbow at any instant, that it can
consistently figure the most prodigious
undertakings without the least concern as
to the maximum capacity of the generat-
ing plant.
May the enterprise and thrift of this
concern be an incentive to other manufac-
turers to put forth every effort to develop
the state of California and make and
keep her a manufacturing state, adding
this feature to the many others that make
her renowned among the states of the
world.
Mxtcrior of Union Iron Works power plant from yard.
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Electricity an Essential Factor
in Warehousing
\\\ (ii:()H(;i-; i;. (lAinilOUNi:, Contract Deparlmciil, San rrancisco District
YS'I'IIM, Older ;ui<l clliciciuv. 'I'liese
Si>ll-,.M, Older iiiKl cMlicu'iuv. 1 liese
arc tlio inii^rossioiis one receives
upon entering tlic warehouses of tlie
Barneson-Hihberd (Company, located at
the foot of l-^)ii!lh Street in San Fran-
cisco.
The impression grows as one watches
piece after piece and ton after ton of
freigiit move by. Then, as you follow
this freight and watch the ease and
rapidity with which it is handled, you
are irresistibly led to investigate tlie
method used in the handling. The usual
l^leclricity again demands its foremost
position among agencies tliat have con-
tributed to the cheapening and facili-
tating of transportation along all lines.
The Barncson-Hibberd (Company utilizes
"Pacific Service" in another direction,
one in which it is of the utmost impor-
tance in keeping the labor costs of hand-
ling material in large quantities to the
lowest possible minimum. The system
operated by this comi)any involves the
use of the most modern machinery. The
hell convevor replaces the hand truck.
method of hand trucking is found to be the old style hoisting method is replaced
employed between the wharf and the by the portable elevator and the old
warehouse, but in the interior of the ineflicient method of piling by hand is
building the hand truck has given way done away with by the piling machine,
to more efhcient methods. The belt conveyors used consist of a
IJniwii I'orlalili- i'ilinK Maoliiiic. I'ivi- of tlicNc arc in use tlirouKliout tin- buildint;.
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Trijipiiig arrangement and spiral chute for unloading conveyor.
twenty-four inch specially prepared belt
running over a series of rollers set every
four feet on the upper side of the frame.
The rolls on the under side, which are
for the purpose of taking up the sag, are
spaced every twenty feet, the whole be-
ing suspended eighteen feet above the
iloor. Three of these conveyors are used
in this group of warehouses, each con-
veyor being four hundred and twenty
feet in length and operated at a speed of
two hundred and fifty feet a minute by a
five-horse power two-phase motor. On
top of the conveyor and adjustable to
any point on its length is mounted a
tripping arrangement which is for the
purpose of unloading material at any de-
sired point. When in full operation this
machine, with a force of nine men, will
liandle from twelve hundred to four-
teen hundred sacks or cases an hour, any
distance along its length; whereas, if the
oh! metliod of hand trucking were em-
I)l()yed it would re(|uire from forty to
fifty men to transfer an equal amount of
material the same distance during a like
period of time.
Adjustable along the lengths of the
conveyors are the portable elevators
which are similar in construction to the
conveyors, the belt being replaced by
two chains twenty-four inches apart, and
joined together by rods. These rods act
as carriers and prevent the material from
sliding back while being transferred
from the floor to the belt of the conveyor.
A three-horse power two-phase motor is
used to drive each elevator which oper-
ates at an angle of about thirty degrees.
Following the material along the con-
veyor we are curious to know the method
used in unloading. This is the duty of
the tripping arrangement, which consists
of a portable frame mounted on tracks
running along the conveyor, by means of
which the belt may be inclined a few
feet at any desired point.
Material upon reaching this level is
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(livciic'tl by an adjustable arm to either
tiu' rij'ht or left into spiral chutes from
which it is discharged at any desired
location. From this point it is either
piled to await shipment, or loaded direct
into cars by means of the Hrown Piling
Machine.
This machine is similar in construc-
tion to the i)ortable elevator, the only
ditlerence being that it is shorter, hav-
ing a length over all of eighteen feet,
with the table adjustable to any angle
above ten degrees. This machine is
driven by a two-horse power two-phase
motor and receives its power from vari-
ous plugging boxes located at different
points throughout the buildings.
In conjunction with the warehouses
the Barneson-Hibberd Company operates
a cleaning machine requiring thirty-five
horse power. This is used for the pur-
j)ose of cleaning cereals and also cleaning
and bleaching nuts, the process of which
we hope to make the subject of some
future article.
These warehouses are reputed to be
operating the largest belt conveyors in
the State. They are essentially aided by
"Pacific Service," and are models of up-
to-date and labor-saving methods.
.Vdjustable porlahlc ilc\;il
Philosophy of the Office Boy
Since safely has been placed first, let us all place efficiency second.
Ivdiciency is a worker's greatest asset and it doesn't cost a cent.
Tlie heads of all large and successful firms realize that by the efficiency of
their employees their business grows; therefore they always recognize an efficient
emplovee.
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If you want to know
wnemer you are aes-
tinea to be a success
or not, 3?ou can easil}) fina
out. Mine test is simple ana
infalliDie^are 3?ou able to
save mone})? If not, drop
out. Tou will lose. Tou ma})
mink not, but 3?ou will lose
as sure as fate, for me seed
of success is not in 3?ou.
— James J. Hill
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Impressions of the Thirty-ninth
N. E.L. A. Convention
Hy HKNUY liOSTWICK, Cliiiirman "Paciflc Service" Section, N. V.. L. A.
IT WAS niy good fortune, in compuny
with Mr. Frank A. Leach, Jr., manager
of the Ahuneda (>ounty District, Mr. John
1). Kuster, manager San Jose District, Mr.
John H. Hunt, purchasing agent, and Mr.
A. L. Harris of the Industrial Department,
San Francisco District, to be selected by
the management to represent our com-
pany at the Thirty-ninth Annual Conven-
tion of the National Electric Light Asso-
ciation, held in CJiicago May 22d to 2(3lh.
An opportunity of visiting the Eastern
cities was one to which I had long looked
forward, and at last it presented itself
under most favorable conditions. Messrs.
Kuster and Hunt were my traveling com-
panions, and from first to last it was a
most enjoyable experience. Before taking
in Chicago we spent one day in Wash-
ington, D. C, and five days in the hub of
the universe, New York City. At first
blush New York seemed a very ordinary
looking town, but after twenty-four liours
in the metroi)olis one is soon convinced
that it is all that is claimed for it. We
arrived in Chicago on Monday, May 22d.
There was the usual commotion around
the regislralion bureau, and the exhib-
itors were busy arranging their displays.
One of the features of the convention this
year was a most complete exhibit of all
kinds of electrical apjKU-atus and appli-
ances, in which fifty-seven exhibitors
I)arlicipated. Aside from lliis there was
an up-to-the-minute exhibit of electric-
ally-driven veliicles. The usual reception
to the ijresidenl was held on Monday
evening, which was followed by dancing.
The convention was called to order on
Tuesday morning, May TM\, by President
Lloyd. Hon. William Hall Thoniijson,
mayor of Chicago, delivered the address
f)f welcome, which was received witli
considerable enthusiasm by the six hun-
dred delegates in attendance.
After that the convention got down to
business. The following afternoon and
each succeeding morning and afternoon
until Friday noon, meetings were held
under the auspices of the various sec-
tions, namely, General, Executive, Tech-
nical, Commercial, Accounting, Electric
Vehicle, and Company Section. While all
meetings were well attended, there was
no question that the greatest interest was
manifested in the meetings of the Com-
mercial Section; this being the branch of
our industry which is undergoing con-
tinual changes by leaps and bounds, in
order to keep up with the varying de-
mands of the public as electricit\f is be-
coming more universally used. Owing to
the advent of the electric range the re-
port of that committee was received with
more than passing interest, and in the
discussion that followed some very in-
teresting points were brought out.
The meetings of the Company Sections
sessions were very well attended, and the
reports and papers read were of a varied
nature, as they dealt with the subject
from practically every point of view, as
for instance, "Company Section Educa-
tional Work," "Company Section Enter-
tainment and Recreation," "Employees'
Activities," "The Company and the Com-
pany Section," and "Financing of Com-
pany Sections." The papers presented by
Mr. Douglass Burnett of the Baltimore
Company on "(>)mi)any Section Educa-
tional Work," and by >h-. A. D. Bailey of
the (commonwealth Edison Company on
"Company Section Recreation and Enter-
tainment" brought forth considerable dis-
cussion and original thought. In making
this statement it is not my intention to
discount the value of the other papers
which were i)resenled, as they all con-
tained nuuli food for reflection. Of
course tiie work of all (>)mpany Sections
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15
is conducted very much along the same
lines, the main object on the part of those
active in this work being an endeavor to
help the average employee to help him-
self; and one point that impressed me
was the fact that all of the delegates pres-
ent who were devoting their activities to
the proper conduct of Company Sections
were confronted with the same problem,
namely, "What can we do to instill in our
employees greater interest in the work
which is being accomplished by our or-
ganization for their benefit, regardless of
what their particular duties may be?"
The address of Mr. H. J. Pierce of
Seattle before the Technical and Hydro-
Electric Section, on Thursday afternon,
May 25th, on the subject, "Water Legis-
lation Now Before Congress," was a mas-
terpiece, as this is a subject to which Mr.
Pierce has given much time and thought
and is one of vital interest to all hydro-
electric interests, especially on the Pacific
Coast. The speaker made special refer-
ence to the Shields-Adamson Navigable
Stream Water Power Bill and the Ferris-
Myers Public Domain Water Power Bill,
and expressed a hope that both measures
may have their inaccuracies ironed out
in conference by both houses of Congress,
then be sent to the President and be-
come laws before the present session
closes.
A complete set of the papers and re-
ports presented before the convention by
all sections would keep one in reading
matter for many days, and it would be
no small task, even if the space per-
mitted, for one to give even a synopsis
of all the papers presented. While I have
only made special reference to the Com-
mercial Section and Company Sections
sessions, a great number of papers read
before the other sections of the associa-
tion were of just as much import to our
industry, and there was probably not a
paper read before the convention that
was not of material benelit to some par-
ticular branch.
After hearing the papers read and dis-
cussed, and not wishing to be thought
egotistical, we felt proud of the work
which had been accomplished by "Pacific
Service" Section and its method of con-
ducting meetings, and we w^ere also con-
vinced that our practice of having two
meetings a month, one of a general nature
and the other under the auspices of some
particular department of our organiza-
tion, or what we term an "Educational
Meeting," is not only a move in the right
direction but one that appeals to all em-
ployees who are at all desirous of possess-
ing greater knowledge of our industry.
The benefits derived by the delegates
who attend conventions are to my mind
an unknown quantity. But while one
cannot be in attendance upon all of the
sessions, still the mere coming in per-
sonal contact and rubbing elbows with
active men from different parts of the
country cannot help being of consider-
able value. The business of the conven-
tion was completed on Friday by the
election of new officers. The Fortieth
Annual Convention will be held in At-
lantic City in June, 1917.
The principal entertainment feature of
the convention was the "Big Frolic,"
which was held on Wednesday evening
at what is known as "Bismarck's Garden."
Here tables were set for the accommoda-
tion of 5000 people, and aside from this
being the largest assemblage that we had
ever seen served, it was one of good fel-
lowship, The entertainment features pro-
vided were novel and interesting.
To those of you who have never been
across the continent, all that we can say
is that you have "something coming";
however, after your tw^o or three weeks
are up, you, in common with ourselves,
will be glad that you are once more
aboard the train homeward bound; for,
after all is said and done, we have every-
thing out here that our Eastern folks have
and then some. And on our homeward
trip, when the porter announced in the
observation car that we had crossed the
State line, there arose a chorus of voices
in "I Love You California!"
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Pacific Service Magazine
Gas Men of the Pacific Coast Gather
at Los Angeles for the Second Get-
Together Dinner of the Season
Ry FREDKRICK S. MYRTLE
THE members of the Pacific Coast Gas
Association held their second get-
together dinner of the present season at
Los Angeles, May 20th. It will be remem-
bered that the first of these afi'airs, under
the up-to-date policy of development in-
augurated by President Frank A, Cressey
Jr., came off in San Francisco last Febru-
ary and was voted a most successful ex-
periment. It was not to be supposed, of
course, that our brethren of the South-
land would permit their section of the
State to be behind its northern rival in
any gathering of the social order, so it
will not surprise our readers to know
that the Southrons made good.
The place chosen was the Los Angeles
Athletic Club, a well-appointed institu-
tion that is famed for its cuisine. The
gymnasium was requisitioned for the pur-
pose and accommodated comfortably the
one hundred and twenty-five diners, not
forgetting the orchestra and the special
entertainment features. President Cressey
was in the chair, and this time Vice-
President C. B. Babcock, whose genial
presence was missing from the San Fran-
cisco gathering, was on hand. As was
only natural to expect, the greater num-
ber of those present hailed from south of
Tc'hacliapi, but the north made a credit-
able showing. "Pacific Service" was rep-
resented by Messrs. Lee H. Newbert, Leon
B. Jones, Van E. Britton, F. S. Myrtle and
M. L. Neely. Unfortunately Mr. John A.
liritton found it impossible to attend, and
another notable absentee was Mr. E. C.
Jones. We also missed the smiling coun-
tenance of the association's abk- and ener-
getic secretary, Mr. Henry Bostwick, who
was attending the N. E. L. A. convention
in Chicago and, incidentally, enjoying his
first glimpse of the elfete East. In his
absence, Mr. Lee Newbert presented the
secretary's report and read telegrams of
congratulation from various members
who, while not present in the flesh, were
very much there in spirit.
A joint dispatch from Henry Bostwick,
John D. Kuster and John H. Hunt sent
best wishes from Broadway. Mr. John A.
Britton sent a telegram, so did Mr. E. C.
Jones. "Jack" Heryford and "Ruudy"
Basford were heard from in Chico, and
Sam Bratton sent a message from Port-
land; John Clements, our veteran experi-
ence editor, wired from Oakland. Most
interesting of all, perhaps, was a letter
from England in which Mr. Walter King,
editor of a prominent London gas jour-
nal, told of Harry L. Strange, who had
left his position as manager of the gas
company in Honolulu to bear arms under
the British flag. Harry Strange has en-
deared himself to all members of the
P. C. G. A., and the story of his patriotic
devotion touched the hearts of all who
heard.
There was loud cheering when Vice-
President Babcock announced that the
association had enrolled seventy-one new
members since its last convention. "We'll
make it a hundred by Santa Barbara,"
said Mr. Babcock with conviction born
of enthusiasm. He reminded his hearers
that the association had been the pioneer
in the establishment of a gas-engineering
course at the University, and in many
other ways had done more than its share
toward the development and advance-
ment of the industry represented by its
iiUMubership.
There were several other speakers. No
gathering of the P. C. G. A. would be
complete without Mr. Wm. Baurhyte, who
took this opi)ortunity to congratulate the
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city of Los Angeles on being the home
of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Cor-
poration. Mr. R. H. Sterling, of Santa
Barbara, told of the arrangements already
in progress to give our members a hearty
welcome in September. Mr, F. S. Myrtle,
as chairman of the Publicity Committee,
spoke on "Pacific Coast Gas Association —
Make It Known." Mr. R. H. Ballard, of
the Southern California Edison Company,
announced his right to be in the gather-
ing by virtue of the fact that his com-
pany had owned a little gas plant that
supplied at least two per cent of the gas
furnished to the city of Los Angeles.
However, his company had recently sold
out of the gas business, and so far as that
section of the State was concerned his
address might be considered as a swan
song. But he still had left his vice-presi-
dency in the Santa Barbara Company,
and he hoped to foregather with the rest
of the gas men in that delightful city by
the sea. Mr. N. L. Morse, of the South-
ern California Gas Company, also spoke
words of cheer.
President Cressey announced the ap-
pointment of the following as a special
committee of arrangements for the com-
ing convention: Messrs. R. H. Sterling of
Santa Barbara, chairman; N. L. Morse,
Los Angeles; D. J. Young, San Diego;
Champ S. Vance, Los Angeles; F. S. Wade,
Los Angeles.
Concerning the more material features
of the evening it may be recorded that
the dinner, as a feast, was unexception-
able. The entertainment features, also,
proved that Los Angeles is determined
that her northern rival shall not carry
away all the terpsichorean honors. Beauty
of form and witchery of grace were much
in evidence, with sweet song to charm
the ear.
And now the Pacific Coast Gas Associa-
tion will rest on its oars until Santa Bar-
bara. Members are particularly requested
not to forget the date, September 19th to
22d inclusive. The w^ord has gone forth
that this year's convention will be one
to be remembered. If it lives up to its
stage setting, it will be.
Of Interest to Gas Engineers
A most important event in illuminating
engineering will take place at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sep-
tember 21st to 28th next, in the inaugura-
tion of a lecture course on illumination
to be given under the joint auspices of
the Illuminating Engineering Society and
the Universitv of Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1910 Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity joined with the Illuminating En-
gineering Society and held a notable en-
gineering course at Baltimore on subjects
relating to gas and electric lamps and
illumination. The event was participated
in by many of the foremost chemists, ar-
chitects, ophthalmologists, physicists and
engineers of the country.
This has always been considered one
of the most important undertakings in
the history of this society. The course
involved a tuition fee; extension labora-
tory e(iuii)ment was installed for the oc-
casion and operated by experts; the at-
tendance was sufficient to meet the entire
expense of the undertaking amounting to
between five and ten thousand dollars;
and altogether the affair far exceeded the
expectation of those who had promoted
it.
Today the published records of this
course are rare and are in demand, and
furthermore the art and science of elec-
tric and gas lighting are making such
rapid progress that for the second time
in its history, the Illuminating Engineer-
ing Society has decided to hold a new
series of lectures in September, 1916.
This society was founded in 1906. Its
organization was representative of an ef-
fort to unify the widely separate inter-
ests in lamps and illumination. Prior to
this time very little attention had been
devoted to the subject of illumination as
an art. The Illuminating Engineering
Society of Great Britain was not founded
until three vears later, 1909.
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Pacific Service Magazine
A ''Pacific Service'' Story
^ Only Partly Told ^
£1
>.6?o,;i7? ^j-^^
Bbls. Qj_j)
Calitbriiitt Oil
♦seii.ooo.
Other Materials
'M,425.ooo
WhAes Paid
to 1500
Ein pkj^ees ^^ U\ '
1? Gas Plants
Manufactured
lO Billion
Cubic Feet
SupplifKi 227,586 Consumers
In 49 Tow ns of
1,138.000 Total Population
WHEN the average liousewife lights a burner on her gas stove it
is safe to say that little or no thought is given to the work
which must have been involved in the manufacture and delivery of
the gas to her kitchen, for how can an invisible gas issuing simply
and ciuietly at a touch of the valve to cook the evening meal give
even a suggestion of the vast amount of labor and material which
must be expended to change the California oil into the silent servant
ready at any instant throughout the year to fulfill its mission.
These interesting facts may serve in a measure to show what an
enormous industry this branch of "Pacific Service" has grown, and
perhaps helj) the consumer to realize the true meaning of gas service.
CALIFORNIA OIL
This mineral, chief factor in the manufacture of oil gas, is drawn
from Nature's reservoirs in Southern San Joacpiin Valley and pumped
through hundreds of miles of pipe to the bay regions. During 11)15
the Pacific (las and Electric (Company purchasecl and distributed to
seventeen different gas plants scattered through Central California
1,87(1,377 barrels of oil, or over two per cent of all the oil produced
in the Slate during the year, and California furnished one-third of
the nation's total oil output in 1915.
AND WHAT BECAME OF IT
These seventeen plants manufactured from the oil nearly ten
billion cubic feet of gas. After traveling through 2()5() miles of gas
mains (which would reach from San Erancisco beyond Toledo,
Ohio) this gas supplied 227,58() consumers in fourteen different
counties, serving 49 towns with a total population of 1,138,000.
SOME OF THE WORK INVOLVED
I-'ifleen hundred people were emi)Ioye(l in this branch of the serv-
ice alone, and during the year si, 425.000 was paid out in labor.
WHERE AND HOW "PACIFIC SERVICE ' MEETS THE PUBLIC
Does the public realize how closely the das Company must keep
in touch with its consumers'? 7,()00,0(")0 visits were made during the
vear to gas consumers, by meter readers, inspectors, collectors, repair
P
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men, etc. And, of a total of nearly three million meter readings
there were less than two thousand errors made, or one error in every
1333 readings, and these errors automatically correct themselves
when the meter is read on the next month's trip.
Should not "Pacific Service" feel justly proud of such a record?
And with all these visits the complaints by consumers of in-
civility on the part of employees were very few, and upon investiga-
tion almost none were found to be justifiable complaints.
And the telephone furnishes another bit of evidence of this close
touch with the public, for nearly 400,000 calls were handled during
the year at the company's exchanges. In San Francisco alone dur-
ing the busiest month, June, 21,322 calls were handled.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE METERS
Many a hard word has been spoken against the gas meter and
its struggle to gain a share of the consumer's good-will is an uphill
fight, but let us examine the results of test made during 1915:
84,000 were tested and of these 66 1-; per cent were found to be
correct, 12 1-. per cent fast (average 4 per cent fast) and 21 per cent
slow. Of the slow meters over one-third were not registering at all
and the others averaged 6 per cent slow.
While the figures do not show a perfect record for the meter, at
least it must be conceded that inaccuracies are far more to the con-
sumers' advantage than to the company's.
AND THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS
7226 new consumers were added in all districts during the year,
making a total of 227,586.
Eight billion three hundred million cubic feet of gas were sold —
an increase of 677 million over the previous year.
The Panama-Pacific Exposition alone used 137 million, an amount
equal to the combined sales to the cities of Marysville, Napa, Peta-
luma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Colusa.
THE GAS BUSINESS TO DAY
The gas business was started 112 years ago in England solely for
the purpose of providing a new and convenient light, and up to com-
paratively recent years continued to be used chietly for this purpose.
However, let us see where the industry stands today.
Only a small percentage of the gas is used for lighting, while there
are nearly two thousand other uses. The following list can only
suggest the wide variety of such uses, but will perhaps give a general
idea of how local industries are making use of gas in nearly every
line of work: Smoking meats, hatching chickens; manufacturing
glue, tools, artificial fiowers, ink, cans, soap; drying fabrics; evap-
orating extracts and chemicals; heating house radiators; enameling;
running gas engines; vulcanizing; shoe repairing, etc.
PERHAPS IT CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM
In practically all lines of manufacturing endeavor you will find
gas appliances installed. Each ilay there is a new application of
gas to some industry. The experts of "Pacific Service" are constantly
being called upon to assist business men in substituting gas for some
less convenient or more expensive fuel. If you desire to discontinue
your present method of providing heat or power and eliminate ex-
pense or inconvenience and dirt, let one of our experts be placed at
vour disposal without charge for his services.
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Pacific Service Magazine
The Financial Side of ''Pacific Service''
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
WE present below income account statements for the month of May, 1916, for
the five months of the cmrent fiscal year to May 31st, and for the twelve
months ended May 31st.
INCOME ACCOUNT
MONTH OF MAY
1916
1915
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
Gas Department
Other Departments
$ 794,190.79
572,541.53
90,815.84
$ 771,930.69
624,573.89
91,603.67
$ 22,260.10
$
52,032.36
■
787.83
Total Gross Operating Revenue
*$1,457,548.16
*$1, 488, 108.25
$
30,560.09
Expenses :
$ 85,273.96
575,165.34
76,357.27
19,000.00
125,000.00
$ 85,001.37
576,470.68
64,953.62
19,000.00
115,000.00
$ 272.59
%
Operating and General
1,305.34
Taxes
11,403.65
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
Reserve for Depreciation
10,000.00
Total Expenses
$ 880,796.57
$ 860,425.67
$ 20,370.90
Net Earnings from Operation
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and other Miscellaneous Income.
$ 576,751.59
29,739.88
$ 627,682.58
37,080.67
$
50,930.99
7,340.79
Total Net Income
$ 606,491.47
321,636.16
$ 664,763.25
337,592.37
$
58,271.78
Bond and other Interest
15,956.21
Balance
$ 284,855.31
$ 327,170.88
$
42,315.57
Apportionment of Bond Discount
and Expense
$ 14,431.60
$ 13,237.49
% 1,194.11
Surplus
$ 270,423.71
% 313,933.39
%
43,509.68
♦Includes $26,462.63 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1916, and $30,799.58 in 1915.
iVoTK. — The total gross operating revenue derived from the Exposition in May, 1915, was
$41,047.43. Excluding tliis from the comparison, the normal gross operating revenue in May, 1916,
increased $10,487.34. The increase of noriual business was undoubtedly greater than this, as no
ac«'ount has been taken of oIIut temporary gross revenue indirectly due to the Exposition in May,
1915, the exact amount of which is not ascertainable. Exjx'nses were increased by setting aside
$10,000 more as a res«'rve for Deprecnation in conformity with the Gompany's policy of making this
reserve $1,.')00,000 for the current year as comi)are(l with $1,3S(). ()()() during the year 1915.
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INCOME ACCOUNT
Five Months — January 1 to May 31
1916
1915
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
$4,189,208.03
3,253,173.43
379,602.37
$4,061,232.73
3,282,288.70
406,016.79
$
127,975.30
Gas Department
$ 29 1 1 5 27
Other Departments
26,414.42
Total Gross Operating Revenue
*$7,821,983.83
*$7,749,538.22
$
72,445.61
Expenses:
Maintenance
$ 465,786.43
2,990,024.69
384,786.42
95,000.00
625,000.00
$ 400,316.92
2,959,087.82
326,719.57
95.000.00
575,000.00
$
65,469.51
30,936.87
58,066.85
Operating and General
Taxes
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
lectible Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
50,000.00
Total Expenses
$4,560,597.54
!ii;4 3.'^fi 124.'^1
$
204,473.23
Net Earnings from Operation
$3,261,386.29
209,268.89
$3,393,413.91
137,244.36
$
$ 132,027.62
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and other Miscellaneous Income. .
72,024.53
Total Net Income
$3,470,655.18
1,620,576.96
$3,530,658.27
1,748,879.71
$ 60.003.09
Bond and other Interest
128,302.75
Balance
$1,850,078.22
72,157.96
$1,781,778.56
62,514.61
$
68,299.66
9,643.35
Apportionment of Bond Discount
and Expen.se
Surplus
$1,777,920.26
$1,719,263.95
$
58,656.31
Dividends on Preferred Stocks
Accrued Jan. 1 to May 31 (5 mos.)
On 6% First Preferred Stock
$ 318,099.72
250,000.00
$ 205,577.60
250,000.00
$
112,522.12
On 6% Original Preferred Stock
Total
$ 568,099.72
$ 455,577.60
$
112,522.12
Balance for Common Stock. . .
$1,209,820.54
424,712.13
$1,263,686.35
$ 482,518.40
1
$ 53,865.81
1M% Cash Dividend paid on Com-
mon Stock for 1st (jiiartcr 1916.. .
\}/o% Slock Dividend on (^onunon
$ 57,806.27
Stock accrued for 1st quarter 1915
Surplus (unappropriated)
$ 785,108.41
$ 781.167.95
$
3,940.46
♦Includes $157,347.72 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1916, and $164,301.59 in 1915.
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Pacific Service Mag.xzine
INCOME ACCOUNT
Twelve Months Ended May 31
Gross Operating Revenue:
KIcctric Dt-piirtment
( liis I)t>p:irtiiit-iit
( MhtT lifpurtiiit'iits
1916
1915
Increase Decrease
$10,052,457.45$ 9.228,041.80 $ 824.415.65
7.531.070.061 7.250.981.78 280.088.28
1.019.219.14 1.112,972.86 i
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Expenses:
MaintcnHnct'
OptTaliiifT and General
Taxe.s
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
lectible Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
Total Expenses.
Net Earnings from Operation.
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and other Miscellaneous Income
Total Net Income . .
Bond and other Interest.
Balance
$18,602,746.65
$ 1.036,355.88
7.188.198.58
907,511.38
228.000.00
1,430.000.00
$ 93,753.72
$17,591,996.44 $1,010,750.21;
1.000.457.28 $ 35.898.60
7.015.915.26 172.283.32
767.947.37 139.564.01
219.250.00
1. 158.333.34
8.750.00
r 1.066. 66
$10,790,065.84
$ 7,812,680.81
485,903.40
S 8.298,584.21
3,857,107.77
$ 4,441,476.44
Apportirmnient of Bond and Note
Discount and Expense
Surplus.
$ 170,053.78
$ 4,271,422.66
$10,161,903.25 S 628.162.59i
$ 7,430,093.19 S 382,587.62
306,737.52 179.165.88
$ 7,736,830.71 S 561.753.50
4.165,179.73 $ 308.071.96
$ 3,571,650.98 $ 869,825.46i
$ 345,702.43'
$ 3.225,948.55 $1,045,474.11
$ 175.648.65
♦Includes $380,212.42 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1916. and $395,747.60 in 1915.
Statement of Consumers by Departments at May 31.
May
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
Total
31st
Department
Department
Department
Department
Consumers
1907
108,529
46,579
5,377
160.485
1908
124,347
56,590
5,606
186,543
1909
131,361
64,367
6,233
201,961
1910
142,075
73,507
6.564
222,146
1911
155,S60
90,760
6,867
6
253,493
1912
181,904
105,466
7,383
157
294,910
1913
19S,334
120,329
7,342
240
326.245
1914
210,056
136,961
8.647
305
356,509
1915
223,088
156,521
9.147
353
389,109
1916
226,936
169,507
9.823
388
406,654
Gain in 9 yrs.
1 18,407
122,928
4,446
388
246,169
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Extracts From 1915 Annual Report
MAINTENANCE AND DEPRECIATION.
There was charged to maintenance during the year $970,880.37, in addition to
which $1,380,000 was set up in operating expenses as a reserve for depreciation, making
the total upkeep provision for the year $2,350,886.37, or 12.41% of the gross revenue
for the year; or 12.68% if profits on merchandise sales and other miscellaneous income
be omitted from gross revenue.
Actual expenditures for maintenance and depreciation in 191.5 were as follows:
Maintenance $ 970,880.37
Paid out of income, through the medium of depreciation
reserve for (a) replacements and renewals and (b) additions,
betterments and improvements considered to be in substi-
tution for plant abandoned and not replaced or renewed. . . . 1,079,014.22
Total upkeep expenditure $2,049,900.59
This total upkeep expenditure was equivalent to 11.06% of the gross operating
revenue of the year, and compares with an average of 7.21% expended during the
same year by seven other of the largest public utilities of the State of California, with
aggregate gross operating revenues of $21,945,773.
The following table, covering the last ten years of the operation of these properties,
shows for each year and for the entire period the gross revenue, the expenditures for
maintenance, the amounts set aside for depreciation (including rehabilitation), the
total upkeep provisions represented by the combined maintenance and depreciation
charges, and the percentage of gross revenue applied to these purposes.
Gross Revenue
Depreciation
Total
Percentage of
Year
(including
Maintenance
(including
Maintenance
Revenue for
Miscellaneous
Rehabilita-
and
Maintenance
Income)
tion)
Depreciation
and
Depreciation
1906
$ 8,947,162.42
$ 673,067.35
$ 1,374.518.04
$ 2,047.585.39
22.89
1907
11,342,140.08
1,057,163.03
743.042.39
1,800.205.42
15.87
1908
12,657,304.79
1,219,492.66
1.053.756.60
2,273,249.26
17.96
1909
13,491.288.15
1,210,505.62
1.706,183.04
2,916,688.66
21.62
1910
14.044,595.91
1,243,859.24
1.792.375.37
3,036,234.61
21.62
1911
14,604,609.30
1,398,404.03
1,795,171.27
3,193,575.30
21.87
1912
14,744,651.96
1.08.5.959.15
2,500.000.00
,3,585,959.15
24.32
1913
16,202,.3.37.37
1,042,994.00
1.462.462.53
2,505.456.53
15.46
1914
17.220,503.69
1.052,434.60
1.000,000.00
2,052.434.60
11.92
1915
18,944,179.91
970,886.37
1,380,000.00
2,350,886.37
12.41
Totals. . . .
$142,198,773.58
$10,954,766.05
$14,807,509.24
$25,762,275.29
18.12
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MAINTENANCE AND DEPRECIATION— Continued.
The total of $'25, 76^2,275.29 provided out of income for maintenance and de-
preciation, a.s shown in the forofroinfj table, was disposed of as follows:
Percentage
Amount of Gross
Revenue
For rchahilitiiliori of San Kranciscf) properties after fire of 1906
Maintenance and depreciation of tangible assets
*$ 2,171,511.03
16,841,341.82
3,976,574.43
1.53
11.84
2 80
Total
$22,989,427.28
2,772,848.01
16 17
Balance of depreciation reserve still available, December 31,
1915
1.95
Total
$25,762,275.29
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*In addition .§309.348.05 recovered from insurance was expended for rehabilitation.
Indicative of the extent to which the voluntary practice of this Company, in
setting aside 18. 12% of its gross revenues during the past ten years for maintenance,
depreciation and rehabilitation (or 10.59% for maintenance and depreciation alone)
has conformed to the standards established by investment bankers, it is interesting
to observe that four important 1916 deeds of trust, securing issues of gas and electric
utility bonds and containing provisions for maintenance and depreciation, require
the utilities in question to devote from 10% to 12^^% of their gross earnings to
these purposes, the average of the four trust deeds in question being 11.12%.
The foregoing table should also be studied in relation to the following facts:
1st. That large sums have been expended to bring the Company's generating
and distributing facilities up to a uniformly high standard of physical excellence,
and to weld these properties into a homogeneous whole. This is particularly
noticeable prior to 1913 during what may be termed the formative period, when
many new properties were being absorbed and were to a considerable extent
reconstructed.
2iui. That for some years the Company has been engaged in thoroughly and
systematically eliminating from its physical property schedules all unused,
abandoned, or obsolete portions of the plant so that these schedules within re-
cent years have inchidcd. substantially, only facilities used or useful in the public
service, or iion-o|)crativ(' property, largely lands and real estate, which actually
has the value assigned to it in these inventories.
Snl. I hat large siuns have been expended from \ear to year in the con-
struction of practically imperishable structures such as concrete substations,
concrete (hints, galvanized steel tower lines, etc., replacing, to a considerable
extent, structures of a more Iimit<>d life and having a tendency to lower the
rate of (le|)re(iation.
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CONSERVATION OF ASSETS.
The following statement (excluding footnotes) which is practically on a cash
basis, has been prepared by Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Company, chartered accoun-
tants, after an examination of the Company's accounts extending over the past ten
years, and will, we believe, be of particular interest to our stockholders:
DISPOSITION OF GROSS PROFITS DURING TEN YEARS ENDING
DEGEMRER 31, 1915
Expended for construction and acquisition of property $56,474,164.53
Increase in Working Capital 7.553,964.04
Total increase in Assets $64,028,128.57
Value received for Capital Slock issues $12,429,533.32
Value received for Ronds and Debentures issued or
assumed, less Ronds and Debentures retired 34,462,660.76
Assessment of Preferred Stockholders in 1907 1.000,000.00
■ 47,892,194.08
Ralance, being amount expended out of $31,649,830.06 of Gross Profits,
for construction and acquisition of property and other assets, after
using for this purpose the entire net proceeds of $47,892, 194.08 from
the issue or assessment of Capital Stock and Ronds *$16,135,934.49
Further disposition of Gross Profits:
RehabiUtation of Property:
Repairs of damage by 1906 fire $ 2,171,511.03
Replacement of depreciated property **6,087,739.88
$ 8,259,250.91
Discount on Gold Notes 631,435.37
Organization Expenses 261,032.94
Expenses in 1908-1910 San Francisco Gas and
Electric Company rate cases 64,504.05
Sundries " 56,354.03
Dividends paid in Gash 6,241,318.27
15.513.895.57
Gross Profits Accounted for $31,649,830.06
^Includes all equities which may be shown in other sections of this annual report to
have been created from profits.
**Charged to Depreciation Reserve $5,886,575.77, to Surplus $201,164.11.
It will be noted that out of the profits of $31,649,830.06 arising from the conduct
of the business during the past ten years, after providing for all expenses of main-
tenance, operation, taxes, bond interest and reserves for uncollectible accounts and
casualties, less than one-fifth has been paid out in cash dividends to stockholders,
both common and preferred, and more than four-fifths, amounting to $^25,408,511.79,
has been conserved for the benefit of the property. Of the latter amount
$16,135,934.4.9 has gone to the creation of additional plant and of other tangible
assets, and $8,259,250.91 has, through the rehabilitation and replacement accounts,
gone to the preservation of already existing assets; or, to state the matter in another
way, for every dollar of cash dividends paid to stockholders during this period, the
Company has put back into the property for permanent additions and improvements
and other concrete assets $2.58, and for the preservation of existing assets $1.32, in
addition to $10,954,766 expended for ordinary maintenanc«\
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will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII. JUNE, 1916
No. 1
EDITORIAL
The case of The Beaver River Power
C.oiiipany, AppeUant, v. The United Slates,
now before the Supreme Court of the
United States on appeal from the District
Court for the District of Utah, presents
issues the importance of which cannot be
overstated. The case directly involves
the rights of companies to occupy govern-
ment land for the purpose of generating
electricity in hydro-electric plants and
transmitting such energy over such lands
where forest reserves have been created
from said lands after the companies had
made their imi)rovements. The future
of the hydro-electric industry in all West-
ern States where there are forest reserves
and the development of agriculture and
manufactures in these Western States
will, in large measure, depend on the de-
cision of this case.
There are involved constitutional ques-
tions of as great importance as any which
have reached our highest tribunal in the
history of this country. Among these is
whether the Western States have the ex-
clusive right and power to control and
regulate the ai)proi)rialion and use of
water within their boundaries for all
benelicial puri)oses, excejit navigation,
and also to control and regulate the rates
and service of their i)ublic utilities. The
Supreme Court of the United States must
decide in this case whether existing laws
confer upon the I)ei)artment of Agricul-
liu'e power to prescribe ui)on what terms
forest reserve lands can be occupied and
held for generating electricity from fall-
ing water and power to prescribe terms
in connection with a right of way over
said lands for transmitting such energy,
including the fixing of charges for such
occu])ancy. To uphold the contention of I
the Department of Agriculture the Su-
preme Court must in effect decide that the
Western States in which forest reserves
have been created are not upon an equal
footing in certain respects with the orig- <
inal states. Connected with this general 1
question is also the important question
of whether Congress can delegate to a
department of the Government powers
which, if not strictly, are at least quasi-
legislative and which have been delegated
to (Congress exclusively.
A history of the case is necessary to
understand the issues involved.
Prior to the establishment of the Beaver
National Forest, the predecessors in in-
terest of The Beaver River Power (Com-
pany had initiated certain appropriations
of water for power purposes on the un-
reserved public lands in the state of
Utah, in compliance with the local laws.
The United States Government thereafter
announced its intention of establishing a
forest reserve and were immediately ad- ,
vised that the creation of such a reserve
would probably defeat the power project,
unless some definite agreement were made
to allow the company to acquire the nee- j
essary right of wav in the forest reserve
for its power development. It was there-
after agreed between the Government's
agents, the state of Utah and the com-
pany that after the executive order should
be promulgated, the agents of the Govern-
ment would approve an application for
the necessary rights of way in the forest
reserve. The forest reserve was estab-
lished upon such understanding and the
l)ower works prosecuted to completion
during the years 1906 and 1907 with the
knowledge, acquiescence and approval of
the United States Government.
After the conqjletion of the above de-
veloi)ment by The Beaver River Pow-er
('ompany. the Government, through its
legal rei)resentatives. commenced a suit in
the United States District Court for the
District of Utah to secure an injunction
enjoining The Beaver River Power (Com-
pany from maintaining and ooerating its
hvdro-electric jjlant until it should com-
ply with the current rules and regula-
tions of the DeiKuMment of Agriculture.
The rules and regulations of the De-
l)artment of Agriculture provided, as a
condition precedent to The Beaver River
I'ower (Company continuing its opera-
tions, that it enter into an agreement
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with the Secretary of Agriculture, wiiere-
by it must consent that its occupancy of
the necessary rights of way may be ter-
minated at any time within tlie discre-
tion of said Secretary; that it will pay
certain charges to the Federal Govern-
ment, based on the net generating ca-
pacity of the plant, and fixed by the ar-
bitrary decision of said Secretary; that
it will transfer said property, situated on
tlie public land, and all other property
owned by it and necessarily connected
therewith to the Federal Government, or
to the nominee of said Secretary, at a
price to be fixed by the Secretary; that
it will agree to submit to such regulation
as to rates and service, accounting, in-
spection of books and records, etc., as
may be prescribed by said Secretary, and
that it will assume various burdensome
obligations, including those which may
be imposed by any future rules and regu-
lations of the Department of Agriculture.
The District Court of Utah granted the
injunction prayed for by the Government
and The Beaver River Power Company
was thereby restrained from maintaining
or operating its plant unless it should
comply with the above regulations of the
Department of Agriculture. From this
decree the company has appealed to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The case has attracted great interest in
the Western States. The attornevs-general
of the states of Utah, Colorado, Idaho,
Nevada and Nebraska have submitted an '
exhaustive and able brief in behalf of
their states in opposing the claims of the
Government. In addition to the highest
legal representatives of these states, the
brief contains the names of three distin-
guished lawyers, Clyde C. Dawson, Esq.,
of Denver; S. A. Bailey, Esq., of Salt Lake
City, and F. H. Short, Esq., of Fresno.
Wm. B. Bosley, Esq., attorney for the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, has
submitted to the Supreme Court, as ami-
cus curiae, a very able brief in support
of the appeal of The Beaver River Power
Company. His argument centers around
five propositions. Each proposition, and
the argument in support thereof, is clearly
and forcibly stated and the whole argu-
ment develops from one proposition to
the other in a masterful manner. Mr.
Bosley's argument will be briefly stated.
He contends that certain acts of Con-
gress mentioned in the brief operated as
a grant to all (jualified grantees who ac-
cepted the same, by complying with the
terms prescribed, of a right of way over
or a determinable fee in such public or
forest reserve lands as are located, ap-
propriated and actually used for reser-
voirs, canals and other acqueducts for
impounding, storing, diverting and con-
veying water to be used for the genera-
tion of electric power, and that the loca-
tion and appropriation of the public or
forest reserve lands involved in this suit
and the construction thereon of the plants
and lines of the company, and the gen-
eration and transmission of electric en-
ergy thereby, constituted an acceptance
of said grant and vested in the company
a good title to the rights of way and de-
terminable fee granted by the Acts of
Congress.
The argument proceeds to show that a
certain Act of Congress entitled, "An Act
Relating to the Rights of Way Through
Certain Parks, Reservations and Other
Public Lands, Approved February 15,
1901," should not be construed as sub-
stantive legislation superseding and by
implication repealing the earlier acts, but
that if it shall be so construed in terms
then the Act of February 15, 1901, is in
turn repealed by an Act passed by Con-
gress in 1905.
The climax of the argument is reached
in the presentation of constitutional ob-
jections to the Act of 1901, if the same
shall be construed as substantive legisla-
tion repealing previous acts, in that it
would involve an unauthorized delegation
to executive officers of the United States,
by Congress, of power specifically and
exclusively conferred by the Constitution
upon Congress. In the presentation of
this question, Mr. Bosley uses the follow-
ing forceful language:
"To those of us who believe in a gov-
ernment of law made, executed, con-
strued and enforced by the chosen repre-
sentatives of a free, honorable and self-
respecting people, as the best means of
establishing justice, insuring domestic
tranquility, providing for the common
defense, promoting the general welfare
and securing the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, the most
vital principle, the chief merit, and the
most essential safeguard of the liberty of
the citizen embodied in our systeni of
constitutional government is the division
of all the powers of government into the
three great classes, the legislative, the
executive and the judicial, and the vest-
ing of each one of these three classes of
powers in a separate and distinct branch
of the government. Without this feature
all of the express limitations upon the
powers of government containecl in the
Constitution would be inefTective checks
upon the exercise of arbitrary and des-
Ijotic power."
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m
m
Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda District
Jack Papc and his people pulled off a
big affair at the opening reception of
their new oflicc building at Berkeley. The
Oakland bunch was De-lighted to be in-
cluded and wanted to reciprocate.
Gentis and George, who are some func-
tionaries and look swell in spike coats
and white gloves (maybe) slipped out
and wanted to help earn their passage.
Jack told them they were just guests.
They confided in Pape that they wanted
to bring out a keg on the auspicious oc-
casion. Jack fancied he saw the keg and
these two distinguished guests mistaken
for union waiters. Jack brushed them
off with a wave of his hand; nothing do-
ing. The boys insisted. Jack grew deci-
sive; it would impeach his reputation;
disgrace confronted him; positively he
would not stand for it. He would not
consent to it going in the basement; nor
in the alley. No, the Elks across the
street did not permit it; he knew it of
his own knowledge. "Why, gentlemen,
you should know it is against the law out
here in Berkeley"; he emphasized, plant-
ing his fist on the desk. It was suggested
that he stood in with the town officials
and could fix it. No, he could fix nothing.
"How is it you fellows are so flush com-
ing out here?" He never saw any of
their generosity when down in Oakland.
He said something about Gentis claiming
to have come from Virginia, but no one
would believe it; and as to George, he
didn't know where he came from, but it
looked like Milwaukee, via Texas. The
boys suggested that he calm himself; that
he need know nothing about it, but he
said he did and there would be no moon-
shine business, either, "Absolutely, gen-
tlemen, it must and will be cut out," was
the ultimatum.
The boys left him, intimating that it
would have to be put over some way.
Jack got to thinking it over. It is a dis-
appointment to know fellows for years,
and then find you only thought you knew
them. Then a clever thought came; he
would turn the tables.
The evening of the affair the boys
slipped in and caught Jack in the middle
of the ballroom floor. He grew appre-
hensive; he didn't want to make a scene
but he had to be firm. When they said,
"We have it down," he broke in. The
boys were surprised. "Why, Jack, there
is something wrong; you don't under-
stand; it's a keg of cider."
A. NoN Et Al.
Gas Employees Hold Holse-Warming
Dance
Manager J. H. Pape of the local offices
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
together with his force of employees, ap-
propriately dedicated their new quarters,
corner Milvia and Allston Way, last night
with a reception, refreshments and a
dance.
To the Misses Albina Esmond and her
two sisters, Lurline Hess, Helen Hanson,
Alice Wooley, Miss Johnson and Miss
Powell, the young ladies constituting the
female contingent of the clerical force,
is due the credit of the very elaborate
decorations. The second story of the
building had been converted into one
large room for the working staff of the
company and made brilliant by the dec-
orations of flags, bunting and greenery,
to which were added hundreds of elec-
tric bulbs, large and small, of various
colors, producing a delightful effect.
H. L. Traub had charge of the recep-
tion committee, and with Messrs. Biers,
Handell, Bowden, Clayton, Sanborn, Lane,
Wilson, Earl and Coffin met guests in the
large front office and escorted them to
the second floor where they were met by
the genial manager.
Ben McCoy, the well-known cashier,
acted as announcer and master of cere-
monies and after the two hundred or
more guests had arrived he introduced
Manager Papc who made an address of
welcome. McCoy's assistants were W. F.
Bliss and F. W. Folsom.
The i)atroncsses of the evening were
Mesdames Papc, Esmond and Wooley.
Howard .Smith had charge of the refresh-
nu'iils wiiich were served a la buffet. A
feature of the evening was the presence
of three men who had been in the em-
ploy of the company for many years —
George Kirk, who has been on the pay-
roll for forty-three years' continuous
service; Joseph Love, assistant treasurer
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of the entire system, who has been con-
nected with the office ahnost as long as
Kirk, and John Clements who has held
various positions with the company for
just half a century.
A pleasing feature of the dance was
when little Buster Burwell and his sister,
five and seven years old, took the floor
and demostrated they could "rag" as well
as their elders.
The party dispersed after midnight
when Manager Pape was showered with
congratulations for having provided such
a delightful evening. — Berkeley {Cal.)
Gazette, Mav 18, 1916.
Pioneers of Berkeley and their descend-
ants were honored in Berkeley by a mon-
ster Golden Jubilee celebration which
took place on the 24th of May, held in
memory of those who laid the foundation
of the University of California. It was
an event fraught with great significance
to Berkelej% for it was the half-century
mark in the history of the city.
While the memory of the elders was
thus observed, many of the things planned
for the day were for the entertainment of
the younger generation, and many of the
children who took part in the program
will, fifty years hence, participate in the
centennial of Berkeley, and it is hoped
that they will find the community as
much to their liking as do those who now
have Berkeley their abiding place.
So intimately is the history of the city
of Berkeley mingled with the life of the
University of California that it became
necessary to turn to the annals of the
University to establish the date of the
naming of the community. On page 73
of the "History of the University of Cali-
fornia," by ^Yilliam Carey Jones, is found
the following passage:
"The selection of a name for the town
that was to grow about this seat of learn-
ing was the subject of long and anxious
discussion. On May 24, 1800, Berkeley
was chosen, and Berkeley, the name of
the scholar and divine, to whom Pope
ascribed 'every virtue under heaven,' was
written across the eternal hills that look
through the golden gate, the road of pas-
sage and union between the hemispheres."
It was on this statement that the date
of the present celebration was based, but
the truth of the matter is that Berkeley is
sixty years old, for in 1850 there ap-
peared on the waterfront a colony of set-
tlers who, according to tradition, called
their landing Ocean View, which was
afterwards known as West Berkeley, and
in the year 1800, when the University
was founded, Berkeley was born.
Berkeley celebrated in a not half-
hearted way, for the breast of every resi-
dent was swelling with pride and every
heart throbbing in rejoicing over the
happy event. It was a holiday, and all
business cares and anxieties had been
left at home behind closed doors, and the
populace made it an event to be recorded
in history. All business places had taken
on the holiday effect, and flags and bunt-
ing were to be seen everywhere. The
taller structures had been elaborately dec-
orated and in every part of the city resi-
dents had become inoculated with the
spirit, and flags everywhere proclaimed
the joyous event. Every school pupil had
been given freedom to make as much
noise as he pleased without restraint and
took advantage of the privilege, and his
merry soul mingled well with the blasts
of trumpets from the bugle corps of the
celebrated California Grays who were
participating in the events of the day.
Formality of every sort had been laid
aside and the throng mingled as one great
big happy family on pleasure bent. The
morning was given over to the parade,
followed by games on the street in front
of the reviewing stands, while the after-
noon was consumed in baseball and vari-
ous games and stunts in the big ball field
of the University of California. In the
evening the populace was entertained by
a street concert until midnight and in-
dulged in dancing. The same spirit pre-
vailed in the clubs and large hotels,
where open house was the order of the
evening.
There is a movement now on foot to
follow this up with an annual celebra-
tion, and it is needless to say that such
will transpire if the enthusiasm displayed
on that day is to be taken as a guide.
Sacramento District
From May 11th to 14th, inclusive, Sac-
ramento was the center of a continued
round of fun and frolic. The celebration
was occasioned by the completion and
opening of the Causeway which connects
the east and west side of the Sacramento
Valley by way of Sacramento and Davis.
Until this time it has not been possible
for vehicle traffic to be maintained be-
tween the two sides of the valley in this
vicinity, except for two or three months
of the year when flood waters receded
and the roadway became sufficiently dry
to make it passable. With no passage to
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file south and noiu' to tlie nortii for about
fifty niik's, and rail the only other means
of transportation, it is clearly to be seen
what the advent of such a connecting link
means to both sides of the river and
valley.
The main stretch of the ('auseway con-
sists of a trestle work about 14,000 feet
long, built ui) with piles, stringers, gird-
ers and slabs of reinforced concrete
poured in molds in the field and then
I)laced in i)osition after the several mem-
bers had hardened and become thor-
oughly set. The roadway itself is twenty-
one feet two inches wide, with side
guard-rails and an asphalt wearing sur-
face, and stands about twenty feet above
the ground. In addition to this there is
about a half-mile of wood trestle, which
later is to be a fill, making the entire
length about three and one-half miles,
costing about .$400,000 and extending over
a stretch of tule land that during the
winter season has the ai)pearance of an
inland sea. Thus an all-the-year-round
passage is obtained connecting the State
Highway through Sacramento and Yolo
counties.
The completion of this work was a fit
cause for celebration. The four days
were filled with music, contests in ath-
letic field, acjuatic sjjorts, and all sorts of
entertainment for Sacramento and her
hosts of welcome visitors. The two main
events were the parade of school chil-
dren on Friday, May 12th, and the floral
parade of Saturday, May 13th. Ten thou-
sand school children, each school in a
distinctive garb, marched with a pre-
cision and order that only eye witnesses
could fully appreciate. It was a lesson
in the effectiveness of simple decoration
and order, and brougiit realization of the
responsibility that the community bears
to its citizens of tomorrow. The grand
floral parade the following day culmi-
nated ill the allegorical wedding of "Hast"
and "West" sides. A large number of
(loats representing the difi'erent com-
munities, interests and organizations from
the west side of the valley assembled at
the I'niversily l-'arm at Davis and pro-
ceeded to the western terminus of the
(Causeway, where they were met by (iov-
ernor Johnson and staff, the highway
commission engineers, and representa-
tives of the civic bodies. This division
was met on the east side and combined
with the Sacramento (Causeway floral
l)arade.
The spectacle extended for blocks and
took over an hour to i)ass a given ])oint.
The many floats were marked by an un-
usual originality and artistic merit, "Miss
West Side," with her maids, and "Mr.
East Side," with his best man and at-
tendants, contributing an interesting color
to the pageant. At the State Capitol the
"wedding" occurred and the whole val-
ley, in reality as well as metaphorically,
may now be considered as one commu-
nity life and interest.
E. A. Weymouth.
Following is some correspondence from
which it may be gathered that "Pacific
Service" did its share toward insuring
the success of the celebration.
MARSHALL SCHOOL
TNVENTY-SEVENTH ANO (i STREETS
Mr. (]has. McKillip,
Manager Sacramento District,
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Dear Sir: — I want you to know that we
truly appreciate your courtesy in grant-
ing us the use of your motor truck for
the conveyance of our first-grade tots.
Much of the success of the children's
parade was due to the help of our public-
spirited citizens, and if this alone be un-
derstood and held up as an example to
our little citizens of tomorrow, the Cause-
way celebration has indeed been worth
while.
Let me again say "Thank you" to you
for the teachers, the children and the
Parent-Teacher Association of Marshall
School. Very sincerely,
Emma A. Von Hatten,
May 15, 1910. Principal.
CITY OF SACRAMENTO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
May 11, iniG.
Mr. C. W. McKillip,
Manager P. G. & E. Co.,
Sacramento, Cal.
Dear Sir: — At a meeting of the Direct-
ors of the California Museum Association
held at the Crocker Art Gallery May 10,
101 (), I was instructed to express to you
their api)reciation of your action in i)lac-
ing "To the Art Gallery" signs on the
T Street cars and ask that you continue
the good work by placing similar signs
on cars of the other line that run down
Third Street. No doubt many persons
are attracted to the Gallery through read-
ing those signs.
Again thanking you on behalf of the
Directors, Very truly yours,
W. F. Jackson,
Secretary C. M. A.
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CAUSEWAY CELEBRATION
Sacramento, May 11-12-13-14
Offlce 910 Sixth Street Sacramento, Cal.
Mr. C. W. McKillip, May 24, 1916.
Manager Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
Sacramento, California.
Dear Sir: — The members of the Fi-
nance Committee feel that they cannot
close up the afTairs of the Causeway Cele-
bration without extending to you person-
ally, and through you the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, their sincere and ear-
nest thanks for the financial assistance
which your company gave us, and espe-
cially for the perfect manner in which
vou transported ten thousand school chil-
dren from their various schools to the
point of assembly and returned each and
every one of them to their various homes
without an accident, a record of careful
and eflicient transportation which we be-
lieve to be unsurpassed. Our hats are
off to you and your company.
No single interest in Sacramento con-
tributed so much so cheerfully and un-
reservedly to make our celebration the
complete success that it was as did the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and
we wish you to know that we fully ap-
preciate what you did for us and the
whole-hearted manner in which you re-
sponded to each and every demand we
made. Respectfully yours.
H. Thorp,
Chairman Finance Committee.
D. S. Wasserman.
SACRAMENTO RETAIL MERCHANTS'
ASSOCIATION
920 Sixth Street
Sacramento, Cal., May 25, 1916.
Mr. Chas. McKillip,
Manager Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Dear Sir: — I am instructed by the Ex-
ecutive Board of the Retail Merchants'
Association to convey to you and your
company its sincere appreciation of the
excellent service you rendered in convey-
ing the school children of this city from
point to point during the recent Cause-
wav parade.
At a meeting of the Executive Board
held on this date, your street-car service
in that respect was the subject of discus-
sion and high recommendation, owing to
the fact that in handling all these hun-
dred of little ones not one was injured or
lost. In consequence it was unanimously
resolved to tender to you and the cor-
poration you represent a cordial vote of
thanks. Very respectfully yours,
E. C. Rutherford,
Secretary.
THE CHURCH FEDERATION
OF SACRAMENTO
May 31, 1916.
Mr. McKillip,
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Sacramento, Cal.
My Dear Mr. McKillip: — The kindness
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
in granting three books of street car
tickets per month to the Church Federa-
tion Missionary, Mrs. Nellie Shoemaker,
was reported by me to the regular meet-
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Church Federation of Sacramento. I was
then instructed by them to convey to you
their appreciation.
I am sending a copy of this letter both
to Mr. John A. Britton and to Mr. C. M.
Goethe. Very sincerely,
Edward M. McConoughey.
Executive Secretary.
SACRAMENTO ORPHANAGE AND CHILDREN'S
HOME
PALMETTO HEIGHTS
Sacramento, Cal., May 29, 1916.
Mr. McKillip,
Mgr. P. G. & E. Co.,
Eleventh and K Sts., Sacramento.
Dear Sir: — We are giving the children
their annual picnic at Smith's Mound on
June 3, 1916, and in appreciation of the
many kindnesses you have shown us we
are extending to you and your family a
most cordial invitation to attend.
Yours truly,
Sacto. Orphanage & Children's Home,
Helen Cotter, Assistant Secretary.
Marysville District
Marysville is to have a new .$150,000
hotel. It is to be erected within a short
time, possibly before the end of the sum-
mer. Local capital is to be interested to
some extent, but mostly the hotel will be
built by outside capital. William G. Han-
Ion, manager of the Hotel Sacramento,
his son, Harry Hanlon, and E. J. Des-
mond, owner of the Hotel Clark, Stockton
and Yosemite Park, are to be the prin-
cipal owners of the new hostelry.
The site already has been picked out.
Hanlon and Desmond have had their rep-
resentatives in Marysville on several oc-
casions recently looking over the situa-
tion. The Hanions and Desmond are ex-
perienced hotel men. They want to enter
the local business field and will invest up-
wards of si 50,000, they declare. Hanlon
declares the hotel will be modern in
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every respect and will be one of the fin-
est liotels in Xorliiern California.
Marysville is to have a general over-
hauling. A citizens' committee, composed
of the heads of all the civic and commer-
cial bodies, the labor unions, the Minis-
terial Association of Yuba and Sutter
counties and of the Clampers', women's
organizations, and bankers, is to be or-
ganized this month to outline a campaign
for civic imi)rovement. Among the things
hoped to be accomi)lished are: The build-
ing of a municipal swimming pool, the
holding of municipal dances, the erec-
tion of new school buildings at a prob-
able cost of .'?80,000, garbage system, anti-
fly campaign, milk inspection and market
inspection.
The Pacific Gold Dredging Company,
controlled by the Guggenheims, is ship-
ping immense quantities of machinery
and sui)plies into the Smartsville district,
preliminary to the construction of sev-
eral giant dredges. Eight, ten and twelve-
mule teams are employed, and it is esti-
mated it will require three months to
comi)lete hauling the equipment to the
district from Marysville. Preliminary
work has started on the first gold boat
and it is said the company plans to make
Smartsville the center of one of the great-
est dredge mining fields of California.
The extensive holdings of the com-
pany adjoin the proven properties of the
Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields, the lead-
ing dredging enterprise in the world, and
have been comprehensively tested by
means of core drills and prospect pits.
Conditions approximate those found in
the Yuba River field near Hammonton
and Marigold, and sufficient ground is
staled to be available to support a fleet of
the largest gold ships. Electric power is
being delivered to the camp from the
transmission lines of the Pacific Gas and
I-^leclric Company, and a spur track has
been started from the main line to the
Southern Pacific Railwav.
Charles Ross and John Murphy were
found guilty of grand larceny by a jury
which deliberated three hours. They
were sentenced to two years imprison-
ment by Superior .Tudge Slahon of Suiter
County. Ross and Muri)hy were charged
with stealing about sKMt worth of cop|)er
wire and ch-clric fittings near Lee station.
Thev carrird the bootv awav in a row-
l)oal.
Va\ .Johnson, superintendent of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company for this
divisinn. was one of the main witnesses
for the prosecution. District Attorney
Coates prosecuted and Attorney McLaugh-
lin defended the accused. McLaughlin
bad a "hard case" and made the best of it.
Tentative plans for organizing another
branch of the California Growers' Asso-
ciation, to be known as the Feather River
Growers Association, were made at a
meeting of the Farmers Protective League
in Sutter County. More than one hun-
dred and fifty growers from Yuba and
Sutter counties were present.
Plans in detail for the proposed organi-
zation were outlined by Vernon Camp-
bell, general manager of the California
Growers Association, and R. G. Spencer,
field representative of the association.
The new association will be similar in
character to seven other associations that
have been organized throughout the State.
All are operated on the co-operative plan,
marketing through the California Grow-
ers Association of Fresno.
Plans were also made for the reopen-
ing of the old cannery at Gridley by the
new association.
The bazaar held at Hammonton this
month under the auspices of the women
of the Catholic church was a great social
and finanical success. More than $600
was realized and everybody had a good
time.
The women of the church met and
adopted resolutions of thanks for the peo-
ple of Marysville, Hammonton, Smarts-
ville and all parts of Yuba and Sutter
counties who assisted in making the af-
fair a success.
A meeting of the employees of this
district was held on May 8th to listen to
a lecture delivered by Mr. Hughes on
"Safety First." It was well attended and
was a great success.
This town will have a three-day Fourth
of .luly celebration this year.
Approximately two hundred horse-
power was added to "Pacific Service" in
this district during the month of May.
J. E. POINGDESTRE.
Placer District
^Vhile going through the foothills east
of Lincoln we came across a cabin with
the following signs nailed on the front
door:
"Mount pleasant. May 27, 10\5.
"Aney man that is Looking for me to
Rv wood will linde me on the private
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road Cutting wood kieep wright straite
up the road past the skool House turn the
left road till you Come to the left hand
road fur quater of mile you will finde me.
"John T. Welsh."
"Notice
"The next tramps that Brake in my
Cabin I will follow Him up With Six
Shooter. "John T. Welsh."
Jerome Barieau.
M'
Santa Rosa District
'*
3ln - ^emoriam
ALBERT DAVIES
It is with a great deal of regret
that I have to announce the sud-
den taking away of one of our
faithful employees. On the morn-
ing of May 11th, just before re-
pairing to his labors at the Se-
bastopol substation, Mr. Albert
Davies was suddenly stricken
with heart failure, and passed to
the Great Beyond. Mr. Davies
was a man of fortj'-seven years of
age, and had been in reasonably
good health, except for the last
few days when he had been suf-
fering from an attack of the
grippe, which aggravated heart
trouble, and hence his passing.
Mr. Davies has been in the em-
ploy, at different places, for our
company for many years past,
having acted as operator at Napa,
Alto and latterly for three years
past at Sebastopol substation. He
leaves to mourn his loss a widow
and a small adopted child. His
funeral was held from the Ma-
sonic Temple, under the auspices
of the Royal Arch Masons, at
Sebastopol on the afternoon of
May 13th. M. G. Hall.
*■
Redwood District
Walter L. Johnstone Is Transferred
TO Fresno
Walter L. Johnstone, one of the old-
time residents of San Mateo, having re-
sided here for thirty years, has been
transferred to Fresno by the Pacific Gas
and Electric Companv, with which he
has been affiliated for the past six years.
The transfer comes as a promotion. Mr.
and Mrs. Johnstone and their two chil-
dren will leave June 1st for their new
home.
Johnstone will occupy the position of
cashier in the offices of the company at
Fresno. The Fresno district is much
larger than the Peninsula District. John-
stone was cashier at the San Mateo offices.
Johnstone has been one of the prime
movers in the Pacific Gas and Electric
baseball league, and it was largely through
his efforts that the league was formed.
He was honored by being made manager
of the league. — San Mateo (Cal.) Xeivs.
Vallejo District
Banquet After Bowling at Vallejo
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC EMPLOYEES TO ENJOY
FEAST
This has been Pacific Gas and Electric
day in Vallejo, a team of bowlers from
the head office of the big corporation in
San Francisco arriving here this after-
noon and after enjoying a tour of Mare
Island Navy Yard, resting up until to-
night when they will meet the local P. G.
& E. five on the Farragut alleys. At the
conclusion of the bowling contests the
visitors will be the guests of Manager A.
J. Stephens and the Vallejo employees of
the company at a banquet to be held at
the Heidelberg Cafe. The visitors are
clerks from the main office, those in the
party being R. Ambler, B. Crowley, L.
Hunt, P. Swan and L. Williams. — Vallejo
{Cal.) News, April 22, 1916.
San Francisco District
Mr. James W. Nunan, formerly in the
employ of the Electric Distribution De-
partment, San Francisco District, has re-
signed to accept a position with the San
Francisco "Examiner."
The readers of Pacific Service Maga-
zine will remember Mr. Nunan for the
breezy items of information which he
contributed monthly as the correspondent
of the Electric Distribution Department.
While working industriously and con-
scientiously for the company's interest
by day Mi\ Nunan spent his evenings at-
tending a night school of journalism.
The "Examiner," having a vacancy,
Mr. Nunan won the position of corre-
spondent at Berkeley.
Congratulations, "Jim." May your fu-
ture in vour chosen field of endeavor be
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as bright as it is promising and as suc-
cessful as it is deserving.
Mr. C. 11. Scarle, of the Electric Distri-
bution l)ei)artinent, is tlie proud father
of a line l)ouncing babv girl, born on
Al)ril 21, 1!)1().
The Lighting (>oinniittee of the Board
of Supervisors have authorized the chang-
ing of the i-eniaining type of old fixtures
to the new type of rellector in the Stock-
ton Street tunnel.
Miss Dorothy Pierce recently an-
nounced her engagement to Mr. A. J.
Twogood, of the Electric Distribution
Department, at a luncheon given by tiie
Herkelev High School Domestic Training
(Mass. Mr. Twogood's friends are con-
gratulating liim on his good fortune,
especially since Miss Pierce has so satis-
factorily completed her course in the
Domestic Class.
The "Pacific Service" Club held its
regular meeting on Mondav evening, Mav
29th, and Mr. H. E. Butler, of the Elec-
tric Disfi'ibution Department, favored the
club with a very interesting and instruc-
tive talk on the company's method of
labor and material accounting. Mr. A. R.
Thomi)son, superintendent of the Elec-
tric Distribution Dei)artment, San I-^ran-
cisco District, gave a very interesting talk
on the benefits derived from our club.
With the close of May the club's edu-
cational activities have been suspended
until the thiid Monday evening of August.
At the beginning of tlie fall meetings Mr.
A. R. Thompson will present the sixth
and seventh lessons of the N. E. L. A.
commercial course, on "Relation to Cus-
tomers" and "Meters and Metering," re-
si)ectively. The club meets at Room 21(5,
"Pacilic Service" Building, at 8.00 p. m.
and all employees of the company are
cordiallv invited to attend.
Mr. A. R. Thompson lias just returned
from a week's trip to the southern i)art
of the State, during which time he
crossed the border line into Mexico.
Mr. P. .1. Freygang, of the Electric Dis-
tribution I)e|)artment. is the proud father
of a \«>ung lineman, who arrived .lune
1, loin.
Mr. P. E. Chapman, of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, journeyed to Cor-
vallis. Oregon, in order to assist in the
installation of a dreck letter fralernitv
at the Oregon Agricultural College. Mr.
(Miapman reports that from the time he
left (California's border line to the time
of his return he experienced the usual
Oi'egon weather, and that immediately
upon reaching (California he was basking
again in warm sunshine.
A contract has recently been entered
into with this company by the United
States government covering the furnish-
ing of electric service for the Mint for
the coming fiscal year.
Work in connection with the installa-
tion of the lighting system on Market
Street, known as the "Path of Gold," is
l)rogressing very satisfactorily and will
be i)ut into operation August 1st.
The management of the Mechanics In-
stitute Building have recently awarded a
contract to this company covering elec-
tric service to the extent of forty kilo-
watts in light and seventy-five horsepower
in motor.
In line with the spirit of the new joint-
agreement the power lines on Sacramento
Street, First Avenue and Clement Street
to Tenth Avenue are being combined on
one pole line.
Mr. Guy Barker, of the Electric Distri-
bution Department, spent the week-end.
including Decoration Day, with friends
at Monte Rio. A. R. Thompson.
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
and Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation Library
Room .")23, "Pacific Service" Building,
next df)or to 445 Sutter Street, San Fran-
cisco, is the new home of the .lames Hugh
Wise Library as well as of the Pacific
Coast Gas Association. Shelving has been
erected in this room for the company's
needs, while the furniture that was previ-
ously used by the Pacific (Coast Gas Asso-
ciation will be utilized and arranged
along the walls to the best advantage.
During the month .3() miscellaneous
l)amphlets have been received, together
with one bound volume covering "Irri-
gation Districts in (California, 1887-191."),"
donated by Mr. Frank Adams, irrigation
engineer, making a total of 1112 bound
volumes and .S4!);i pamphlets. The cata-
logue is on file at the library and books
mav be obtained bv application.
.1. P. Baloin.
Pacific Service Magazine
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Athletic Activities of ''Pacific Service
9 9
The greatest possible enthusiasm is be-
ing manifested in our baseball series,
which is progressing actively with weekly
tussles between rival teams. At the time
of writing thirteen matches have been
played and San Francisco stands away in
the lead with a total of five straight wins.
As there are six teams in the contest for
the pennant it follows that each team
must play ten games in all; and so it
seems that San Francisco has all but
clinched its hold on first place in the
league.
As a matter of fact, the San Francisco
boys have played excellent ball, and al-
ready they have a following of fans who
attend every match in which the team
from the metropolis is billed to exhibit
its prowess. The following clipping from
a Martinez paper speaks for itself:
"The Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany's baseball league is certainly the
classiest organized baseball outfit of any
corporation we have heard of this sea-
son. Games are played up and down the
circuit every Saturday, and the games are
close and exciting and are of such high
standard that scouts from the Pacific
Coast League are regular in attendance."
Following are tables showing the stand-
ing of the teams up to June 5th, also the
records of pitchers. ^Yhen the season
is over it is proposed to compile a state-
ment of batting averages, but owing to
the limited period over which the con-
test extends this is not feasible at the
present moment.
TEAM
San Francisco.
San Jose
Oakland
Sacramento. .
Martinez
Redwood
STANDING OF TEAMS
June 5, 1916
WON
5
3
i
'2
'.'..'.v. ...... . 1
0
LOST PCTGE.
0 1000
1 750
i 500
3 400
3 250
4 000
RECORD OF PITCHERS
LOST PCTOE.
0 1000
0 1000
0 1000
1 750
'i 500
„ .„.„^, ,„„. , ^ -3 '250
Tobey7 Sacramento 0 '2 000
Chase, Redwood 0 3 000
Diinslice, Redwood 0 1 000
Gaffney, Sacramento 0 1 000
Danzig, San Francisco. . .
Goldstein, San Francisco.
Keegaii, Sacramento
Ray, San Jose
Hurll, Oakland
Wilcox, Martinez.
WON
4
1
!2
3
2
1
RECORDS OF GAMES PLAYED SINCE LAST
ISSUE
S.\N Francisco vs. San Jose at San Jose,
Saturday, May 20th
SAN JOSE
Blackniar, rf
Caldwell, rf
Clinton, 3b
Gilman, c
Schoenberger, ss .
C. Johnson, of. .
Burns, lb
MiUer, If
Thomas, 2b ... .
B. Johnson, 2b . .
Roy, p
H o a E
0 3 0 0
0 1 O O
0 3 4 3
0 6 4 1
112 0
0 2 0 0
18 0 1
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 111
0 0 0 0
Total 31 2 2
SAN FRANCISCO
27
11
5
1
1
2
0
0
5
1
1
15
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
2
0
4
0
1
1
4
0
5
0
1
5
5
0
4
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Smith, If
Fitzhenry, lb
Bearwald, rf
Danzig, p
Goldstein, ss
Auer, c
Mehrtens, 2b
Lemos, cf
Gilhooly, 3b
McCallum, 2b _ _
Total 38 6 10 27 14 4
Summary— 2-ba8e hits— Smith, Fitzhenry, Goldstein and
GUhooly. Struck out— Roy 6; Danzig 7. First base on
caUed balls— Roy 3: Danzig 1. WUd pitch— Roy 1.
Double play— Auer to Fitzhenry. Hit by pitcher— Dan-
zig and Mehrtens. Stolen bases — Danzig, Auer, Lemos,
Gilhooly. Sacrifice hits — C. Johnson, Burns. Sacrifice fly
— Goldstein. Umpire — Cunan. Scorer— J. E. Leary.
Time of game — 2 hours.
REDWOOD vs. SACRAMENTO AT SAN MATEO,
May 20th
REDWOOD
Torres 5 O
Dunshee 4 O
Sampson 4 2
Casey 5 1
Chase 3 O
Smith 5 0
Long ■* 0
Urban 3 O
Johnson 1 "
Knapf 3 O
Total 37 3
H
PO
1 2
1 1
4 3
1 2
0 0
1 1
2 2 8 2
12 0 2
0 0 0 0
12 3 1
14 2 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
13
SACRAMENTO
Walmer
Pearl
Shaw
Cahill
Werts
Gildersleeve.
Gill
Flanigan. . . .
Keegan
27
PO
14
0 3 12
■2000
0 1 15 2
2 0 7 0
2 1 1 1
10 10
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 2
10 11
Total 38 8 8 5 27 8
Summary- Stolen bases 4. Two-base hits 2, Redwood
Three-base hits 1. Double plays 1. Struck out — by
Chase 6; by Keegan 15. Left on bases — Redwood 12;
Sacramento 4. Sacramento made one two-base hit, one
three-base hit, two stolen bases.
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OAKLAND vs. MARTINEZ, AT MARTINEZ.
May 20th
OAKLAND
Jones 3
Dixon 4
( iregor . -t
Prontice 4
(^iiipli>y 4
Ross 3
Hiirney 4
FleiRer 3
Hurll 3
0
SH
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
12
8
1
1
1
Total .
32
AB
3 3 4
MARTINEZ
Kelly 4
Rronson 4
Messick 4
Evans 3
Mess 3
Daley 3
Duarte 3
f iiimmings . 3
Wilcox 3
Total.. 30 1 4 1 0 27 11 4
Si MMARY — Base on balls — off Wilcox 2. Struck out^
by Wilcox 7; Hurll 9. Two-base hits — Wilcox. Passed
ball — Messick. First base on errors — Oakland 2; Martinez
1. Ix-ft on bases-;-Oakland 4; Martinez 2. Double plays
—Prentice to Dixon to Quiglcy. Umpire — Riggiardo.
Time of game — 1 hour, 40 minutes.
SACRAMENTO vs. SAN FRANCISCO, AT
SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, May 2 1st
SACRAMENTO
AB
n
Keegan, Ib-rf 3 0 0 1 0 2
Walmer, 3b 1 0 0 0 0 3
I'earl, rf-cf 3 O' 0 2 0 0
Shaw, c 3 0 1 8 1 0
Cahill, lb-3b 3 0 0 2 12
Wirta, ss 2 0 0 3 1 1
fiildersleeve, of- lb 3 0 0 4 0 0
<Iill, If 3 0 1 2 0 0
nanagan, 2b 3 0 0 0 10
Tol>cy, p 3 0 0 2 2 1
•Total 28 0 2 24 6 9
SAN FRANCISCO
AB R H O A E
Smith, If 5 3 1 1 0 0
Fitzhenry, lb 6 3 .5 14 0 1
Beju-wald, rf 6 1 (I 2 0 0
Danzig, of 5 1 1 1 0 0
Goldstein, p 5 2 1 0 5 0
Auer. c 4 1 1 6 0 0
Mehrlens, 2b 5 0 0 2 2 0
McCalium, 88 4 2 2 0 3 0
Gilhooly, 3b 5 2 2 13 0
Total 45 15 13 27 13 1
SiM.MABY — Home run — Goldstein. Three-base hits —
Filzlienry. Two-ba.se bits — Fitzhenry 2; Gilhooly 1.
Struck out — Goldstein 6; Tobey 6. Base on balls — off
Tol)ey 2; off Goldstein 1. Double play — .Mehrtens to
Fitzhenry. Passed bidi — Shaw. Stolen bases — Smith and
Fitzhenry. Sacrili<-e hit — Auer. Umpire — Crowley.
Scorer — J. K. I,<viry. Time of game — 1 hour, 40 minutes.
*Only 29 players fac^ed (ioldstein.
SAN JOSE vs. CONTRA COSTA, AT .MARTINEZ,
SATrHDAY, May 27th
SAN JOSE
Oilman, c
Rlackmar, Sb.. .
Clinton, 2b
St!hocnl)erger. ss .
Roy, p
(Caldwell, rf
Burns, lb .
Thomas, If.
Pruelt, cf , . .
Total.
CONTRA COSTA
Kelly, If 3 1 0 0 0 1
Duarte, 2b 4 0 1 3 2 2
Mersich, c 4 12 9 0 0
Evans, cf 3 0 2 2 0 0
Mess, 3b 4 0 1 2 3 0
Daley, ss 4 0 0 1 1 1
Bronson, rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cummings, lb 4 0 2 7 0 3
Wilcox, p 4 0 1 0 2 0
Total 33 2 9 24 8 7
Summary — Stolen base.s — Gilman, Schoenberger 3,
Burns, Thomas 2, I'ruett, Wilcox. Two-base hits — Roy,
Mersich, Evans, Mess, Cummings 2. Double plays —
Schoenberger to Clinton to Burns; Caldwell to Gilman to
Schoenberger; Schoenberger to Clinton; Schoenberger to
Clinton to Bums. Base hit.s — off Roy 9; off Wilcox 10.
Struck out — by Roy 10; by Wilcox 9. Base on balls —
off Roy 1; off Wilcox 1. Hit batsman — Evans by Roy.
Time of game — 1 hour, 40 minutes. Umpire — Doyle.
OAKLAND vs. SACRAMENTO, AT SACRAMENTO.
May 27th
OAKLAND
Jones, 31) . . .
Dixon, 2b . .
Gregor, rf . .
Prentice, ss.
Quigley, lb.
Ross, c. . . .
Hurney, If
Fleiger, cf .
*HurU, p..
Total .
34 3 5 1
SACRAMENTO
R
SB
SH
Sheehan, SS . 2 10 0 0 2 3 1
Pearl, cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Shaw, c 4 1110 9 2 0
CahUI, 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
Gildersleeve.lb 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Gill, If 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wirts, 2b.... 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Taylor, rf . . 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Keegan, p 4 0 10 0 14 1
Total,. 33 5 5 3 0 27 15 3
Summary — Base on balls — off Keegan 2; off Hurll 3.
Struck out — by Keegan 7; by Hurll 12. Left on bases —
Sacramento 5; Oakland 7. Hit by pitcher — Quigley.
First base on errors — Sacramento 4; Oakland 1. Umpire—
Chas. Graham.
♦Hurll out in 6th for cutting first base.
OAKLAND vs.
REDWOOD,
AT OAKLAND.
June 3rd
OAKLAND
AB
R
H SB
SH
PC A
E
Jones, 2b
4
0
2 1
0
1 1
0
Dixon, rf
3
0
0 0
0
1 0
0
Fleiger, cf . . . .
4
1
1 0
0
0 1
0
Prentice, ss. .
3
0
0 0
0
2 1
0
Quigley, lb.
4
0
1 0
0
5 0
0
Ross, c
4
1
0 0
0
16 3
0
Hurney, If . . . .
4
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
*(Jregor, 3b. .
3
0
0 0
0
2 0
0
HurU, p
3
1
0 0
(I
0 0
0
*Figeroid ... .
1
0
1 0
0
0 0
0
Total .
33
3
5 1
0
27 6
0
REDWOOD
H
.SH
PC
Torres, cf . . . 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Stephens, ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Sampson, 2b. . 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
Casey, c 4 0 3 0 0 10 2 0
Fitzpatrick, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 12 0
Gha.se, p 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
Smith. If 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Melhoff, rf . 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DuMshee, lb. 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
Total.. 31 2 6 0 0 t25 10 6
SiMMAiiv — Two-base hits — Fleiger, Casey 2. First base
on called balls — off Hurll 3; off Chase 2. Struck out — by
Hurll 12; by (Ihase 7. *Figeroid batted for Gregor in the
ninth inning. tOne out when winning run was scored.
Umpires — J. A. Brilton, Jr., \ . E. Britlon.
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SAN FRANCISCO vs. REDWOOD, AT REDWOOD,
May 27th
San Francisco District ^
Redwood District
SAN FRANCISCO
AB R BH PO A E
Smith, If 5 2 2 2 0 1
Filzhenrv, lb 6 1 2 10 0 2
Bearwald, rf 6 14 0 0 1
Danzig, p 4 0 0 0 4 0
Goldstein, ss 4 0 0 2 3 3
Auer, c 5 0 1 12 2 0
McCallum, 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0
Melbourne, cf 5 0 10 0 0
Gilhooly 3b 4 12 2 12
Mehrtens, 2b 3 0 1 2 ^ J)
Total 41 5 13 30 11 9
REDWOOD
AB R BH PC A E
Tores, cf 5 0 0 2 0 1
Stephens, ss 5 3 2 3 4 4
Sampson, 2b 5 0 0 4 0 0
Casey, c 4 0 1 13 3 0
Fitzpatrick, 3b 5 0 12 2 0
Chase, p-rf 5 0 0 0 1 0
Smith, If 5 0 2 1 0 0
Long, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dunshee, lb 4 0 14 10
Melhoff, rf-p 3 0 1 1 J^ _0
Total 43 3 6 30 12 5
Summary— Two-base hit — Casey. First base on called
balls—off Danzig 1; off Chase 5. Struck out— by Danzig
12; by Chase 13. Wild pitch — Danzig 1. Double play —
Fitzpatrick to Sampson. Stolen bases — Stephens, Bear-
wald, Fitzhenry 2, Gilhooly 1, Mehrtens 1. Umpire — B.
Crowley. Scorer — J. E. Leary. Time of game — 2 hours,
5 minutes.
SAN FRANCISCO vs. CONTRA COSTA,
AT MARTINEZ,
June 3rd
SAN FRANCISCO
AB R BH PO A E
Smith, If 6 12 10 0
Fitzhenry, lb 5 2 1 10 1 1
Bearwald, rf 5 1 1 1 0 0
Danzig, p 5 1 0 1 3 0
Goldstein, ss 5 2 1 0 2 0
Auer, c 4 1 2 13 1 0
Mehrtens, 2b 5 0 10 2 1
Lemos, cf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Gilhooly, 3b 5 13 12 0
Total... 45 10 11 27 11 2
CONTRA COSTA
AB R BH PO A E
Kelly, If 3 0 1 1 0 1
Bronson, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mess, ss 3 0 13 12
Evans, c 4 0 0 8 2 1
Mersich, cf 4 0 110 0
Duarte, 2b 4 0 0 3 5 1
Daley, 3b 3 0 0 12 1
Cummings, lb 3 1 0 10 1 0
Wilcox, p 3 0 0 1 1 0
Royster, rf 10 0 0 0 0
Total 30 1 3 27 12 8
Summary — Two-base nits — Auer, Gilhooly, Mersich.
Stolen bases — Kelly, Bearwald, Danzig, Goldstein, Gil-
hooly. Hit by pitcher — Royster, Mess. Bases on balls —
off Danzig 1; off Wilcox 1. Struck out — by Danzig 11; by
Wilcox 7. Wild pitch — Wilcox 1. Umpire — B. Kearns
Scorer — J. E. Leary. Time of game — 1 hour, 45 minutes.
SAN JOSE vs. SACRAMENTO, AT SACRAMENTO
June 3rd
ab h h a po e
Oilman, c 4 10 0 9 1
Clinton, 2b 4 112 5 1
Shoenberger, ss 4 2 2 6 1 1
Wheeler, 3b 4 12 13 1
Burns, lb 4 1 1 0 7 0
Roy, p 3 0 0 1 10
Johnson, cf 4 0 2 0 0 0
Blackmar, If 4 0 0 0 0 0
MiUer, rf 3 0 0 0 10
*Thomas 10 0 0 0 0
Total 35 6 8 10 27 4
♦Batted for Miller.
SACRAMENTO
AB R H A PO E
Sheehan, SS 5 0 3 12 1
Show, c 5 1119 2
Taylor, rf 5 0 3 0 10
CahiU, 3b 3 0 1 2 2 0
GUdersleeve, lb 4 0 0 0 7 1
Gill, If 4 0 0 0 1 1
Wirts, 2b 4 0 0 3 10
Pearl, cf 3 1 0 0 3 0
Tobey, p 10 10 0 0
Keegan, p i 0 0 0 0 0
Wallmer, 2b 0 1 0 0 1 1
*Gaffney 1 0 ^ _0 _0 ^
Total 36 3 9 7 27 6
*Batted for Wallmer.
Summary— Bases on balls— off Roy 1; off Tobey 0; off
Wh-ts 1. Struck out— by Roy 8; by Tobey 3; by Wirts 4.
Hit by pitcher— Pearl. Three-base hit— Sheehan, Clmton.
Two-base hit— Wheeler. Umpire— Frank Bacon.
BOWLING
The "Pacific Service" bowling tourna-
ment commenced June 3, 1916. The com-
peting teams entered were from the Val-
lejo, Alameda, San Jose and San Fran-
cisco districts, respectively. The scores
are appended:
TOTAL
June 3rd-VaUejo 741 703 824 2268
June 3rd-Alameda County 689 785 723 2197
June 6th-San Francisco 742 847 780 2369
June 6th-San Jose 698 831 736 2265
TENNIS
The tennis tournament is due to com-
mence shortly. This should prove suffi-
ciently exciting, as we have a number of
young stars entered in the contest.
The Committee.
TENNIS CHAMP WINS LOVE MATCH
Mr. E. E. Dodge of the General Con-
struction Department and Miss Elisabeth
Nelson of San Francisco were joined in
wedlock on April 17th. They have re-
turned from their honeymoon trip to San
Diego and will reside in San Francisco.
"Jack," as Mr. Dodge is familiarly
called, was the organizer and has been
the mainstay of the Pacific Service Ten-
nis Club since its inauguration. He needs
but one more win to gain permanent
possession of the silver loving cup which
is the company tennis championship
trophv, and it is the opinion of the ten-
nis fans that there will be no one able
to stop him now that he will have a few
spare hours to devote to practice.
"Pacific Service" joins their hosts of
friends in extending to the happy couple
its sincerest congratulations and best
wishes.
38
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Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.E.LA.
CHRONICLEDBY ERNEST B. PRICE D
The iMhicational meeting held on Tues-
day evening, >hiy 2',U\, at heackjuarters in
Elks' Hall, San l-'raneiseo, was under the
auspiees of the (ias Department. It proved
a session of unusual interest, for the topic
of discussion was gas-lighting and its
many advantages in various fields of the
industry.
Chairman W. S. Coleman opened the
meeting, and after the usual preliminaries
called upon Mr. E. C. Jones, chief engi-
neer of the Gas Department, to preside.
Mr. Jones opened the discussion with an
historical review of gas-lighting from its
earliest heginnings to the present day.
With the aid of lantern slides he exhib-
iletl the different types of gas-lighting
burners which have been used in the
various stages of the development of the
industry. Mr. Jones' address was followed
by one from Mr. Chas. H. Williams, of
the Welsbach (Company of America. Mr.
Williams spoke of the return to popular-
ity of gas lami)s of special design for
street-lighting purposes, not only in this
country but, also, in Europe, and gave
statistics to show the greatly increased
use of the gas-mantle in all the principal
American cities. He showed that the use
of gas for street lighting predominates in
the cities of tlurope, and gave facts and
figures revealing the relative number of
gas and electiic lamps in use abroad.
He contended for the absolute reliability
of the gas-mantle lamp, and he incidenced
the Paiiama-Pacilic Exi)osilion as illus-
trating the efliciency of high-pressure
lamps. Mr. Williams exhibited a number
of interesting lantern slides to illusliate
various features of his address.
Mr. F. C. Packer, also of the Welsbach
Company, spoke on modern gas-lighting
and its many advantages. l-"or years,
said the speaker, gas had been adver-
tised as a cheap illuminant, but it had
other (pialities e(|ually advantageous; for
gas-illumination could be made most ar-
tistic, and e(iual from any point of view
to any lighting installation using other
types of energy. Mr. Packer contended
for the advantage of maintaining active
campaigns for the purpose of keeping be-
fore the public the use and value of gas
as an illuminant, also as a fuel, not for-
getting the tremendous progress made in
lighting appliances. Mr. Packer presented
views taken in various parts of the United
States illustrating the versatility of gas-
lighting.
Mr. C. B. Babcock of the General Gas
Lighting Company contributed a paper
upon Industrial Gas Lighting. Mr. Bab-
cock himself was unable to attend the
meeting, but in his absence the paper
was read by Mr. I). E. Keppelmann, our
superintendent of Gas Distribution. In
his paper Mr. Babcock claimed that prob-
ably in no field of gas endeavor was there
a greater opportunity for development
than in industrial gas-lighting, so much
so that in certain sections of the United
States this business was aggressively
sought and most pleasing results obtained
therefrom. Statistics proved that under
the most favorable conditions a factory
runs twenty per cent of its time by arti-
ficial light, and it had been demonstrated
that workmen slack up twenty-live per
cent after dark. The very largest manu-
facturing plants had recognized the value
of gas for lighting, and yearly more and
more plants were utilizing this source.
Mr. Babcock introduced concrete exam-
I)les to show the great saving elfected by'
ade([uate lighting in modern manufactur-
ing plants. The views he presented illus-
trated exterior gas-lighting.
During the evening some entertainment
numbers were presented. The members
of "Pacific Service" Section had the
l)lcasuie of hearing Mr. Lowell Bedfield
sing, accompanied on the piano by Mr.
Van I^. Biitton. Saxoi)hone solos by Mr.
Haymond Foisland were also thoroughly
enjoyed.
At the conclusion of the meeting a ris-
ing vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Jones
and his department.
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High -Pressure Turbine, served by a We^inghouse
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3 p. M. 4 P. M.
Load in K. W. on Turbine 9,000 6,000
Barometer 30.16 30.14
Vacuum at top of Condenser by Mercury Column 28.96 29.05
Temperature at Top of Condenser °F 83 79
Temperature Condensate Pump Water °F 82 79
Vacuum at Air Pipe Connection 29.08 29.12
Temperature injection Water Inlet °F 66.5 68
Temperature Injection Water Discharge °F 78 76
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"PACIFIC SERVICE "
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,681,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas
Water (Domestic)
Railway
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,130,227
45,350
75,000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,138.027
61,850
75,000
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place Population
■Alameda 28,000
'Albany 1.502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•-'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island. . 280
Antioch 1.800
«Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
'-'.■\uburn 2.500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2.400
«Ben Lomond. . 800
'Berkeley 55.000
'Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3.000
Campbell 700
^Capitola 275
Cement 1.000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15.000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1.800
'Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
'-'Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3.000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City .... 4.800
Danville 400
Davenport .... 300
Davis 1.700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
«Dryto»/n 225
'Duncan's Mills 200
'Durham 300
'-'Dutch Flat. . . 750
'Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
'El Verano. . . . 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville, . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks . . .
'Felton
Folsom
'Forest ville. . .
'Fresno
'Gilroy
'Glen Ellen.. .
'- 'Grass Valley .
'Gridley
Grimes
'Groveland ...
'^GuerneviUe. .
Hammonton .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough.
'Holhster
'- 'lone
Irvington
'- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land
Population
3,000
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
. . 35,000
2.900
900
5.100
1.800
350
250
780
500
3.500
900
2.800
1.000
800
2.250
500
200
Place
Population Place
ing.
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore. . . .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island , .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2.500
6.600
1.050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
'Morgan Hill , .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
'-'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
'Novato.
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1.200
1,000
400
Population
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley.
'Occidental. , . .
Pacheco
'-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
'Pike City
'Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa. . . .
'Redwood City.
'- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
'- 'Roseville
■-Ross
^Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. , . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
S.OOO
1.500
1.000
3.000
16.000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2.500
1.500
525.000
'.San Jose 45.000
'San Juan,
'San Leandro,
San Lorenzo.
'San Martin, ,
'San Mateo. , ,
'San Pablo. , .
'San Quentin ,
'.San Rafael . . .
326
4.000
400
200
5.500
500
2,500
6,000
'Santa Clara. . .
'Santa Cruz. . ,
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol , . , ,
'Shell ville
Sheridan
Smarts ville. . .
'Soquel
'Sonoma
'South San
Francisco, , .
■ 'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege
■ 'Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale, . , ,
Sutter City. , ,
'Sutter Creek, ,
Tiburon
'Tres Pinos, , , .
'Vacaville
'Vallejo
'Vineburg
Walnut Creek.
Warm Sprin,gs.
'Watsonville. , .
Wheatland.. , .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City. . . .
6.000
13.600
11.500
300
2.750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
35.000
800
340
1,200
250
1.300
350
300
1.250
12.500
200
600
200
6.000
500
1.200
5,200
225
350
1.500
Total Cities
and Towns, .1,300.383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381.511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,681.894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
* — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
' — Electricity and Water.
^ — Electricity supplied through other companies
' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Water supplied through other companies.
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75,500 horsepower working continuously.
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throughout the year, would be required to do an equal amount of work.
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
F. B. Vndkkson
Hknhy K. Bothin
John A. BiurroN
\V. H. (-HOCKKH
F. (I. Diu M
DIRECTORS
John S. Drum
F. T. Elsey
D. H. FooTE
a. f. hockenbeamer
Norman B. Livermore
OFFICERS
John D. McKee
John A. McCandless
C. O. G. Miller
Charles T. Rodolph
George K. Weeks
F. (J. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
\. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. FooTE . Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
Ralph W. Halsey Assistant Secretary
HE.\DS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
M. M. Bridges Auditor
U. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. Goghlan Manager Claims Department
G. P. GuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer Electrical Construction
E. G. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager PubUcity Department
L. H. New BERT Alanager Sales Department
Geo. G. Robb Superintendent of SuppUes
H. G. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent. Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. \\ ALTON Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT
Alameda County
Ghico
Colgate .
Colusa
Contra Costa
De Sabla . . .
Drum . .
Electra
Fresno . .
Marysville .
Marin . . .
Napa . . .
Nevada .
Petaluma
Placer .
Redwood .
Sacramento .
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Jose .
Santa Rosa
Solano . .
Stanislaus
Vallejo
Yolo
DISTRICT MANAGERS
HE.\DQU.\RTERS
. . . . Oakland
. . Ghico .
. Colgate
Colusa
Martinez
De Sabla
Colfax . .
Electra
Fresno . .
Marysville
San Rafael
Napa
Nevada City
Petaluma .
I'^ast Auburn
BodwcwKl Gitv
Sacriimcnto
San Francisco
Stockton
San Jose
Santa Rosa
Dixon .
Newman
Vi.llejo .
WcMKlland
M A N .\ G E R
. F. A. Le.ach, Jr.
H. B. Heryford
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L. H. Hartsock
Don C. Ray
. . . I. B. Adams
James Martin
\V. E. ESKEW
M. L. Neely
J. E. Poingdestre
W. H. Foster
G. D. Clark
John Werry
. . H. Weber
H. M. Cooper
E. W. Florence
G. W. McKiLLip
Geo. C. Holberton
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J. D. KUSTER
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Contents for July, 1916
Presidents and Superintendents, Oakland
Gas Light Company and Oakland Gas,
Light and Heat Company, 1866-1900 Frontispiece
OAKLAND, PAST AND PRESENT— Story of
THE Development of the Modern Athens
of California Traced Through the
Growth of Its Public Enterprises . . . John A. Britton . 41
ALAMEDA COUNTY'S MODERN INDUSTRIES F. A. Leach, Jr. . ^66
MAZDA LAMP DIVISION OF THE GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY 67
ALAMEDA SUGAR COMPANY 69
THE SALT INDUSTRY IN ALAMEDA
COUNTY 70
STRAWBERRY FARM NEAR IRVINGTON 72
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION UP-TO-DATE 74
OAKLAND'S GREAT AUDITORIUM 75
A MODERN CANDY FACTORY 77
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A. F. Hockenbeamer 79
EDITORIAL 82
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 84
N. E. L. A. DISTRICT TENNIS TOURNAMENT The Committee . 90
Index to Advertisers
AUis-Ghalmers Mfg. Go ii
Associated Oil Go vii
Baslian-Morley Go viii
Chaplin-Fulton Mfg. Co vi
General Electric Go iii
General Gaa Light Go ii
Habey, N. W., & Co 4th page cover
Nickerson, John, Jr i
Paci6c Meter Go vii
Pelton Water Wheel Go yi
PiersoD, Roeding & Go iv
Roebling's, John A., Sons Co viii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc v:
Sprague Meter Go v
Standard Underground Gable Go vi
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co v
Welsbach Company viii
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Go iz
Western Engineering Publishing Go v
White, J. C, Engineering Corporation vii
Wood, R. D, & Co iv
I'rcsidciils :iii(l MipciiiilciKlcnls, Oaklimd diis Light (;()nip;m> ;iiiil Ojikhind (las, l.iglit and Heat
Company, 1800 to I'JOO. 'llic portrait in the center is of Joseph G. Kastland, wlio was twice
president of the company; at his left is J. West Martin, at his right Governor Haight.
The three upper portraits, reading left to right, are of Anthony Chabot, the com-
pany's first president, \V. W. Crane, .Jr., and John \V. Coleman. At lower right
is D. 1-^ Martin. The renuiining two portraits arc of Henry Adams and Van
Leer Eastland, each of whom served the company in the capacity of
superintendent.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VIII
JULY, 1916
No. 2
Oakland— Past and Present
Story of the Development of the Modern Athens
of California Traced Through the Growth
of Its Public Enterprises
By JOHN A. BRITTON
On June l'2lh of the present year there was celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Oakland
Gas Light Company, the pioneer organization of its kind in Alameda County and from which sprang what is
now known as the Alameda County District of "Pacific Service." Mr. Britlon entered upon his public service
career as an employee of the Company in Oakland upwards of forty-two years ago, and in the sub-joined article
he tells of the growth of California's modern Athens from a veritable " oak-land" to a flourishing city of a size and
importance that give it place among the centres of Western civilization.— Editok Pacific Service Magazine.
THE city of Oakland well deserves its
name. In the days before an influx
of population changed its general ap-
pearance, it was indeed an "oak-land,"
and from the tops of the skyscrapers,
which today have taken the place of the
squatty buildings of the past, looking
over the vista of plateau and hill land
one can discern nestling even among the
busy business places groups of the old
trees that warranted the naming of the
city.
The street "Broadway" in the earlier
days was dotted from the waterfront to
Fourteenth Street with gigantic specimens
of the valley oak. The one most notice-
able, before paving drove it away, was
located on the southwest corner of Ninth
and Broadway, directly in front of the
store of W. & M. Everson, the pioneer
hardware merchants. In front of the
Congregational Church, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets, were three grand
specimens, splendid of girth and lux-
uriant of foliage. In the yard of the
church at Thirteenth and Broadway Sun-
day-school children used to gather under
the shade of their spreading branches.
Perhaps, however, the most distinctive
oak was the one located on the corner of
Fifth and Clay streets, in front of the
residence of Mrs. Van Winkle. This tree
had a circumference exceeding forty feet
and Ihe spread of its branches was over
one hundred and twenty-five feet. It is
to be regretted that the splendid speci-
men of the oak left in the City Hall Park
as a reminder of pioneer days should
have been allowed by neglect to have
gone to decay.
As illustrative of the scenic beauties of
Alameda County in those earlier days, it
is interesting to know that in the foot-
hills immediately back of what was orig-
inally known as Brooklyn there existed a
very large forest of redwood trees, and it
is of record that, beginning in 1851, saw-
mills were established, which gradually
increased in numbers until they totaled
thirteen in operation at one time, having
a capacity of approximately 30,000 board
feet per day. By 1856, however, the for-
ests had disappeared.
In the month of June, 1867, Dr. Wil-
liam P. Gibbons, a noted scientist, read
an interesting paper before the Academy
of Natural Sciences in San Francisco on
the subject of a proposed park and botan-
ical garden in the redwoods back of
Brooklyn. There were evidences then of
trees which had existed having a diam-
eter of thirty-two feel and of many meas-
uring from eighteen to twenty feet. The
Doctor's paper, so delivered, closed with
the foHowing statement:
"On this little range, of less than half
a mile sciuare, there are probably not less
than 1,000,000 sapling redwoods. That
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\vliich civilized men have left is fast be-
coming the prey of reckless squatters.
Every year diminishes the number of
stumps, which these fellows work up into
firewood. In doing this they destroy such
an immense number of saplings that in a
short period every vestige of this luxuri-
ant nursery of the primeval forests will
be obliterated, if measures be not taken
to prevent it. A trifling sum would se-
cure title and possession. There is no
spot about San Francisco that possesses
such admirable adaptations for a botan-
ical garden. Every variety of tree and
plant which grows in the State or which
nourishes to the north of us would here
find a congenial soil and climate. Al-
ready over fifteen specie^ of forest trees
are thriving within the district; there are
over twenty species of shrubs, and more
than three hundred flowering plants.
With such a fine beginning, initiated by
Nature herself, let the Academy make a
move to secure this locality. It is not a
question of local but of general interest.
The cause of science and civilization de-
mands that a conservative intervention
should be made, that our noble forest
may not be recklessly and permanently
destroyed. That hill, with a little aid
from the restorative of art, would be so
regenerated in a few years as to become
one of the most interesting localities in
the United States."
Alameda County presents very many
interesting phases in its growth and de-
velopment, and is perhaps the most pic-
turesque of all the counties in the State
in its general history as relating to its
early settlements. It possesses the last
but one of the missions established by
the padres in their northward march
from Mexico, which mission was erected
at what was then and is now known as
Mission San Jose and was dedicated on
June 18, 1797, and although once de-
stroyed by fire, was rebuilt and is being
restored to its original condition.
In June, 1820, the Spanish Government
granted to Don Luis Peralta, in return
for distinguished service rendered, five
leagues of land in California, w'hich lands
included the present city of Oakland and
practically all of its environments. Don
Luis was of an aristocratic family and
lived in Santa Barbara. Just prior to his
death in 1842 he divided his grant among
his family, giving to each of his sons a
portion of this enormous territory. To
his son Vincente he gave the section des-
ignated as the "Encinal De Temescal,"
which included the citv of Oakland as it
The old Southern Paciflc depot at Seventh and Broadway (18C9).
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Looking up I5road\\ay, Oaklaiul, ri-njii the nUi SouUktii 1'
_'pot ( LSI, '.I
now exists, together with the territory
covered by the towns of Emeryville, Pied-
mont, Albany and the city of Berkeley.
Vincente Peralta and his family remained
as residents of the county of Alameda,
his palatial home in Temescal, near what
is now known as Idora Park, still being
in existence.
On September 1, 1849, the first con-
stitutional convention in California was
held, and at the meeting of the first Legis-
lature on December 13, 1849, the state of
California was divided into twenty-seven
counties, one of these counties being
called Contra Costa, which included the
present counties of Contra Costa and Ala-
meda. The first census, compiled in 1850,
gave the then county of Contra Costa a
population of seven hundred and twenty-
two souls. The Legislature of 1853 di-
vided Contra Costa County, and created
Alameda County as it now exists, and also
declared San Antonio Creek, or what is
now known as the Estuary, as a navigable
stream from the Embarcadero, which was
then located at the foot of what are now
Thirteenth and Fourteenth avenues, East
Oakland, to the inlet of the Bay of San
Francisco.
The town of Oakland was incorporated
in 1852. Adjacent to the town of Oak-
land at that time, across an arm of San
Antonio Creek — where now exists Oak-
land's Auditorium — the towns of Clinton
and Brooklyn had already been estab-
lished, and the peninsula of Alameda was
laid out in the same year.
The election of officers of the new
county of Alameda took place in May,
1853. A. M. Crane was elected county
judge; A. M. Church, county clerk; J. S.
Marston, treasurer, and W. W. Brier,
county superintendent of schools. These
names became household words to all
pioneers of Alameda County. In the same
year Horace W. Carpentier proposed to
the county of Alameda for the sum of
§25,000 to complete construction of a
bridge on Twelfth Street already com-
menced across San Antonio Slough, just
east of Fallon Street, fixing tolls thereon
for each footman 12 cents; horses, cattle,
etc., 25 cents, and vehicles drawn by one
or more animals, 50 cents. This proposal
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OaklaiKl's City Hall,
stone for
Tlip llrst was built in 1869-70, the srtoiid in lS7X-7it; the foundation
the present City Hall was laid by President Taft in 1911.
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Gas-main svstcm of the Oakland Gas Light Company in 1874.
was accepted and the bridge completed the
same year. This bridge was in the early '70s
made into a drawbridge, for the purpose of
accommodating the tralRc of bay schooners
which sailed over this arm of San Antonio
Creek, through the drawbridge and up to the
northeastern shores of Lake Peralta (now
known as Lake Merritt) where there was a
landing, and where hay and other agricul-
tural products were loaded and taken to San
Francisco. About the year 1881 the bridge
was discarded, a culvert being put in its
place, and maritime commerce between the
Estuary of San Antonio and Central Oakland
was forever done away with.
In 1853 a ferry to
San Francisco from
the Embarcadero at
San Antonio Creek
was commenced, car-
rying passengers to
San Francisco at the
rate of 50 cents per
head.
In the year 1854 the
city of Oakland was
incorporated. In the
same year Henry Du-
rant established his
commercial college on
the corner of Twelfth
and Harrison streets,
the buildings consti-
tuting which have
only recently been de-
molished. This com-
mercial college subse-
quently became the
College of California,
and upon its proper-
ties being purchased
by the State, it became
the foundation of the
University of Califor-
nia, which was at that
time conducted in the
old college buildings
but in the year 1873
removed to Berkeley.
The Organic Act
constituting the Uni-
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Views of the State University at Rerkeley. Reading left to right, from the top downward, these
show: (1) Hearst Memorial Mining Building; (21 California Hall; (3) Boalt Hall of Law;
(4) Doe Library; (5) Sather Gate; (C) Greek Theatre; (7> University grounds.
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versity of California was signed by the
Governor of the State on March 23, 1868,
and it is of record that on June 1, 1808,
the regents of the State University held a
meeting and resolved that suit-
able buildings for the university
be obtained in Oakland; that the
university be put in operation on
the first day of September follow-
ing, without any connection with
the College of California. Gen-
eral Stoneman was made the first
president of the university. Sub-
sequently matters were arranged
with the College of California
and the university had its inau-
guration September 23, 1869.
In 1868 various industries be-
gan to be established on the east-
ern shores of the bay. Because
of the tremendous area of coun-
try devoted to agricultural pur-
suits, many flour mills were established,
one at Niles being operated by water
power, the extensive watershed and its
well-wooded condition at that time giving
to Calaveras Creek a sufficient flow to
operate flour mills during the entire year.
In the year 1859 the steamer "Oakland"
was launched and put into service on San
Antonio Creek for conveyance of passen-
ger and vehicle traffic to San Francisco.
On August 21, 1862, the first steam rail-
road in Oakland was projected. Ties
were laid, and on September 2, 1863, the
railroad system began to make six trips
per day from Broadway and Seventh
streets along Seventh Street to a ferry
Horse car on Piedinunt Springs line i 1.S77 i.
landing which was located approximately
two hundred yards west of Cedar Street.
The stations in those days were located
exactly as they are now, one being at
Broadway, and the others at Market, Ade-
line, Center and Wood streets. Old resi-
dents will remember in former years the
unsightly wooden structures called sta-
tions located in the middle of Seventh
Street; the typical one on Seventh and
Broadway is shown in an accompanying
illustration.
The old College of California, Twelfth Street, Oakland, in the 'COs.
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On June 23, 18G4, the San Francisco
and Alameda Railroad was projected,
and completed in August of the following
year, from the landing on the peninsula
of Alameda at the west end of Central
Avenue to High Street.
In September, 1865, the Contra Costa
Water Company was formed, to bring
water into Oakland from Temescal Creek.
Prior to that time water was obtained
only by means of individual wells and
some few privately operated water com-
panies supplying limited districts.
On June 12, 1866, the Oakland Gas Light
Company was incorporated, by Joseph G.
Eastland, Anthony Chabot and W. W.
Beggs. Joseph G. Eastland was then the
secretary of the San Francisco Gas Com-
pany, W. W. Beggs was its chief engineer,
while Anthony Chabot was the founder of
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the Contra Costa
Water Company.
Chabot became
the first president
of the Oakland
Gas Light Com-
pany. The com-
pany was incor-
portcd for the
sum of $150,000,
in 1500 shares
having a par value
of $100 each.
The company
operated under an
ordinance granted
by the city of Oak-
land to William
W. Beggs and Joseph G. Eastland, which
ordinance was passed by the City Coun-
cil on December 8, 1865, and approved
December 9, 1865, by B. F. Ferris, Mayor
of the city. The ordinance provided for
the erection of suitable buildings within
eight months after the passage of the or-
dinance, and that at least one mile of
pipe should be laid through the public
streets of the city. It contained provi-
sions for the restoration of the streets
when disturbed by the laying of mains.
It further provided that the rate to be
charged under the franchise should not
at any time exceed $7.50 for each 1000
Old Colgate power plant, on the North Yuba River (1902).
cubic feet of gas. Mr. Chabot served but
a short time as president of the company,
being succeeded as a director in October,
1866, by James Freeborn, an associate of
Mr. Eastland in San Francisco. Mr. East-
land was thereupon elected president of
the company, which position he held un-
til April, 1867, when H. H. Haight was
elected president in his stead. Mr. East-
land again assumed the office of president
in 1883, and served as such until his
death in 1895.
Concerning the older employees of the
Oakland Gas Company the following brief
statement may prove interesting. The
. first superintend-
ent of the company
was Mr. Henry
Adams, who was in
charge of the gas
works at Napa at
the time of the or-
ganization of the
Oakland company.
He came to the
position tempora-
rily, pending the
arrival from the
East of Mr. Van
Leer Eastland, who
arrived in April,
1867, and assumed
The eiglit-niilo lluiiic onrryiitg water from the head dam on the
Nortli Yiil)a River to (Colgate power house ilit02i.
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Vyi.^' .. .t y,^jp^^^5
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charge of the company's affairs and re-
mained as its superintendent and engi-
neer until his death in September, 1894.
He was of the true type of Southern gen-
tleman and was endowed with splendid
engineering and executive ability. He
was the main factor in the building up of
the policies of the company which have
made it significant in the list of public
utilities in this country.
At the very start of the company there
were but three employees; Van Leer East-
land, before mentioned, Thomas Clear,
Among the men prominent in the prac-
tical development of the Oakland com-
pany for more than forty years, there are
two especially deserving of special men-
tion; these two men being James Nolan,
before mentioned, and George Kirk.
James Nolan began his services with the
company as a young man in the year 1872
in the position of engineer, and George
Kirk, also a youth, in 1875 in the position
of service man. It is a deserving tribute
to both these men that they have re-
mained constantly in the employ of the
station "C," the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's steam electric generating
station in Oakland.
retort house fireman, and James Pagan,
general utility man in charge of services.
The writer's first recollection of the
company was in 1874, when the payroll
listed but seven regular men — Thomas
Clear and James Findlay as retort house
firemen; James Nolan and Louis Gobeil
as engineers in charge of exhauster and
purifier house; James Shanley, service
and street main foreman; George Mc-
Graw, statement taker, collector and
meter setter, and Theodore H. Coe, book-
keeper and cashier. Of these none are
today alive, with the exception of James
Nolan.
company, James Nolan being still an engi-
neer in the compressor plant, and George
Kirk being the superintendent of mains
and services. Of the total of 5,340,284
feet of mains laid — or over 1000 miles —
George Kirk has superintended the laying
of every single foot, and also has super-
vised the installation of practically 66,000
services, aggregating in length approxi-
mately 6,000,000 feet. The condition of
supply and the low percentage of unac-
counted-for gas speak for the splendid
workmanship he has displayed.
On December 31, 1866, the first gas
lamp-post was erected on the corner of
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The Southern Pacific depot at Sixteenth Street, Oakland.
Seventh and Broadway, to be followed
shortly by posts erected at each corner of
the streets from First to Twelfth streets.
A contract was entered into at that time
with the city of Oakland by the company
for the supplying of lights burning until
midnight only. In 1890 the gas posts had
increased to 1000, but were later sup-
planted by electric arcs; gas, however, as
an illuminant of streets has again come
into its own, the gas posts numbering at
the present time 1445.
At the time of the organization of the
Oakland company coal gas was the only
known method of manufacturing arti-
ficial gas. As early as October, 1880, the
company introduced the Lowe system of
carburetted water gas, supplementing that
in 1889 with the then recognized Springer
process of carburetted water gas, and in
September, 1902, introduced crude oil
water gas, which has since that time been
entirely adopted in California as the
method of gas manufacture. The coal
gas benches which had been continuously
in operation in Oakland from December
31, 1866, were shut down and forever dis-
carded on February 11, 1903. Crude oil
water gas is nearer in its chemical com-
position to coal gas than is any other arti-
ficial gas.
The Santa VO depot. Fortieth Street at San Pablo Avenue, ();iklaiul.
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Berkeley oirice of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Actual service was first given by the sections of Alameda County served by the
company to consumers on January 2,1867, Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
when forty-six consumers and twelve gas ^As statistics, 1867-1915, compared
lamps constituted the entire patronage of Dec. 31, i867 Dec. 31 1915
the company. The end of the year found Revenue for year $io,096.i2 $2,000,511.00
.,, ._„ ™ Taxes for year $96.55 $105,026.83
the company with 156 consumers. Ihe Price of gas per thousand $7.50 $0.90
.,, Air- n.i XI ^T Consumers 156 66,770
total output of gas for the month of Janu- peet of mains 12,000 *5,340,284
ary, 1867, was 20.000 cubic feet, at the ^'^^^l^'^^'':.'''^.!^ 15,000 13,400,00(>
rate of 6600 cubic feet per day. The con- Tons of coal used per year 175 . None
^ -^ Bbls. of oil used per year. None t 197,983
sumption for the month of December was Municipal lamps 35 1,445
nri- r^rwr^ ,.„ . „ Gas sold per annum in
25/, 600 cubic feet, a consumption of ap- cubic feet 1,000,000 2,204,528,300
., o«iAA u- jy i J Cubic feet sold per con-
proximately 8300 cubic feet per day. sumer per annum 6,4io 33,000
The ground plan illustration given here- ^"o¥ mSn .'.''.'!'. ^'". .""'' 4,444 2,i80,ooo
with indicates the scope and extent of Consumers per mile of ' ' ' ,
^ main 69 66
the plant in 1867. Its daily capacity was Number of employees — 4 495
5000 cubic feet, but the effort in skill and "Equals lOii ^^ miles,
patience required to establish and con- tEquai to 107,000 tons coal,
tinue service was equally as great to the In the year 1867 Henry H. Haight was
men responsible as is the larger develop- elected Governor of California. He was
ment shown today. at that time the president of the Oakland
The following tables indicate graphic- Gas Light Company. He was a resident
ally the growth of the gas business from of the city of Alameda, a distinguished
its inception and perhaps reflect more lawyer, and the records disclose his ad-
strongly than would any detailed descrip- ministration as one of the ablest the state
tion the growth and development of the of California ever enjoyed.
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Oakland's street railroad system. Reading from top downward: (1) Electric power station.
Forty-seventh and Grove "streets, Oakland, built in 18!»0; (2) power station and car house,
(3) power station and car house at Elmhurst; (4) power station and car house, Fifty-
flrst Street and Telegraph Avenue, Oakland; (5) San Pablo Avenue cable house, used
as general otllce of Oakland Traction Consolidated.
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In the year 1868 occurred the earth-
quake. It was most severely felt in the
county of Alameda, and the newspapers
of that day recite the following among
other interesting items:
"The large holder at the gas works, cor-
ner of Washington and First streets, was
thrown out of position by the breaking
of a casting, and the gas bubbled out
through the water. By prompt action the
damage was speedily repaired, and last
night the usual supply of gas was fur-
nished."
As perhaps illustrative of the tremen-
dous growth of the supply of gas, not
only in Alameda County but elsewhere, it
may be here stated that the large holder
mentioned had a diameter of twenty-five
"Pacific Servic-e" iR'adquartcrs at Tliirtcciith and Clay streets, Uaklaiul.
feet and a capacity of 20,000 cubic feet of
gas. The largest holder that the company
now possesses in Oakland has a diameter
of 152 feet, with a capacity of two mil-
lion cubic feet of gas. Nothwithstanding
the etfect of the earthquake, it should be
here remarked that since the fires were
first lighted on December 30, 1866, un-
der the retorts generating gas from coal,
never for a single instant from that time
has there been a failure of the supply of
gas to the city of Oakland and surround-
ing territory.
The last rail of the transcontinental
railroad was laid on October 29, 1869, in
Oakland, and the first locomotive of
the line entered the city at five minutes
after 10 o'clock
a. m. on that day.
The "Reindeer"
was the name of
the locomotive
and attached to it
was a construc-
tion train which
passed through
Seventh Street to
the Point. On
November 8, 1869,
the first through
train carrying
passengers started
from Oakland
Point at 8.30 a. m.,
stopping a mo-
ment at Broadway
station, and at
5.05 p. m. the first
through passenger
train arrived in
Oakland from east
of the Sierras.
In the same
year, 1869, the
first street railway
w as built and
()l)erate(l; its sub-
s e (I u e n t c a r e e r,
and the history of
other lines are re-
cited in a letter
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1 he \\cst<Tii I'acilic depot, lliird aiui Washington streets, Oakland.
from Mr. W. R. Alberger, vice-president
and general manager of the San Fran-
cisco-Oakland Terminal Railways, to the
writer, from which is excerpted the
following:
"In reference to your request for in-
formation relative to the early history of
cars, cable and electric lines, in this
vicinity, will advise as follows:
"Telegraph Line. — In the year 1869 (I
am unable to give you the date) the Tele-
graph line commenced operating, and ran
from Seventh and Broadway north on
Broadway and Telegraph to Temescal.
Later this line was extended as a horse-
car line on Telegraph to the university
grounds, Berkeley. Early in the year
1878 this line from Temescal to Berkeley
was discontinued as a horse-car line, and
was operated with a steam dummy. In
1892 this line was rebuilt and on Decem-
ber 20, 1892, commenced operating as an
electric line from First and Broadway,
north on Broadway and Telegraph to the
University gate, with a branch line on
Alcatraz from Telegraph to Adeline Street,
which was then the town known as Lorin.
"San Pablo Avenue Line. — In 1871 a
line of horse-car railway was built on
San Pablo Avenue, connecting with the
Telegraph Avenue tracks on Broadway at
Fourteenth Street, north on San Pablo
Avenue to Park Avenue, Emeryville, and
commenced operating as a horse-car line
in that year. In 1886 this line had been
rebuilt from Seventh and Broadway as a
cable railway, which was the first cable
railway built in Oakland, and was later
extended south on Broadway to Water
Street, and commenced operating as such
on Friday, November 19, 1886. This line
was changed to an electric line and com-
menced operating as such in 1897.
"Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Line.
— The Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont
line (known as the Metz Line) ran from
Key Houte pier on San I'rancisco Bay.
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Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda, across
Webster Street and Webster Street Bridge
to Water Street to Broadway, north on
Broadway to Seventh. This line was
built as a horse-car line in 1875, and on
March 20, 1875, the first cars were re-
ceived and placed in operation. This
line was later extended on Santa Clara
Avenue in Alameda to Park Street, and on
Park Street north to Park Avenue and
crossing Park Avenue to the Southern Pa-
cific railroad tracks near Twenty-third
Avenue in Oakland. In the year 1890 this
line was rebuilt as an electric line.
"Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruitvale Rail-
way (Tubbs Line). — In the year 1875 this
company built a line of horse railway
from Seventh and Broadway to Twelfth
Street, east on Twelfth Street and East
Twelfth Street past the Tubbs Hotel to
Thirteenth Avenue, East Oakland.
"Piedmont Av-
enue or Cemetery
Line. — In the year
1876 a line of
horse railway was
built on Washing-
ton Street from
Seventh Street,
north to Four-
teenth Street, east
on Fourteenth
Street to Broad-
way, north on
Broadway to Pied-
mont Avenue,
north on Piedmont
Avenue to Moun-
tain View Ceme-
tery.
"Piedmont Springs
Line.— In the vears
1878-1879 the^Oak-
land and Pied-
mont line, owned
by Walter Blair
and the Howe
Brothers, built a
line of horse rail-
way commencing
at Piedmont Av-
enue at the junc-
tion of Pleasant
Valley Avenue,
running through
fields to the Pied-
mont Suljihur
Springs in Pied-
mont. This line
began operating
on March 1, 1879.
"Oakland Avenue Cable Line. — The Oak-
land Avenue cable line was built by the
Piedmont & Mountain View Railway, and
ran from Fourteenth and Washington
streets west to Clay Street, south on Clay
Street to Eighth Street, east on Eighth
Street to Washington Street, north on
Washington Street to Fourteenth Street,
east on Fourteenth Street to Broadway,
north on Broadway to Twenty-fourth
Street, east on Twenty-fourth Street to
Oakland Avenue, north on Oakland Av-
enue to Vernal Avenue, at which point
the cable ended. The cars then ran by
gravity north on Vernal Avenue to Blair's
Park, and through fields to a junction
with the cable line on Oakland Avenue,
west of Vernal Avenue, where the cable
was again picked up. This line began
operating on August 17, 1890.
A classic feature of modern Berkeley — the Satlier Campanile.
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"Grove Street Line. — The first electric line
built in Oakland was known as the Oakland
and Berkeley Rapid Transit Company or Grove
Street Line. This line was built from Second
and Broadway on Second Street east to Frank-
lin Street, north on Franklin Street to Thir-
teenth Street, east on Thirtenth Street to Grove
Street, north on
Grove Street to For-
ty-seventh Street,
east on Forty-
seventh Street to ■»*'«'
Shattuck Avenue,
north on Shattuck
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street scenes and buildings of Oakland. The upper and lower views
arc of Broadway, while in the renter is seen the Hotel Oakland.
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Avenue to the city of
Berkeley over various
streets, passing the
University grounds in
Berkeley to Center
Street and Shattuck
Avenue, the main busi-
ness portion of Berke-
ley, thence west on
Center Street to Grove
Street, south on Grove
Street through the
town of Lorin to the
junction of the tracks
at Forty-seventh and
Grove streets.
"A branch line was
also constructed on
Sixteenth Street, con-
necting with a line at
Grove Street running
west to the Sixteenth
Street station of the
Southern Pacific Com-
pany. Also a branch
line connecting at
Grove and Fortieth
streets ran cast on
Fortieth Street and
north on Howe Street
to Mountain View
Cemetery. These lines
were constructed and
put in operation in the
latter part of the year
1890. In 1893 a line
was built and oper-
ated connecting at
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Grove and Thirteenth streets, south on
Grove Street to Eighth Street, west on
Eighth Street to Pine Street, south on
Pine to Seventh Street.
"Hayward Line. — In 1892 a line of elec-
tric railway was built from the town of
Hayward along the main county road,
through San Leandro and the town of
Elmhurst to Fruitvale, thence along East
Fourteenth Street and other streets in
East Oakland to and across the Twelfth
Street dam to Oak Street, north on Oak
Street to Thirteenth Street, west on Thir-
teenth Street to Washington Street, south
on Washington Street to First Street."
In the year 1870 the first bridge cross-
ing San Antonio Creek was erected on the
line of Webster Street projected. This
was a drawbridge.
In 1873 the county seat, after an in-
tense political strife between San Lean-
dro and Brooklyn, was moved to Oakland,
Oakland giving the two public squares
bounded by Broadway, Franklin, Fourth
and Fifth streets, Broadway, Washington,
Fourth and Fifth streets, for the purpose
of county business, and in the year 1880
the present buildings were erected.
In the year 1877 rumors of the dis-
coveries of Sawyer-Mann and Thomas A.
Edison, concerning incandescent electric
lighting, began to reach the Western
coast. Prior to that time the JablackhofT
candles and the Brush arcs had been in-
vented and exhibited, but being cumber-
some and uncertain in their lighting quali-
ties, did not affect materially the sales of
the gas companies of the world. The
Brush arc lamp was about that time being
perfected, and in 1879 the first plant on
the Pacific Coast was installed in San
Francisco by George H. Roe, who organ-
ized the California Electric Light Com-
pany and established a station on Steven-
son Street between Third and Fourth.
This station subsequently became one of
the important stations of the San Fran-
cisco Gas and Electric Company.
In the year 1877 an itinerant promoter
erected on the public square now occu-
pied by the Hall of Records in Oakland
a threshing machine engine, attached to
' <^- li^
Bathing in the briny on the Al:inn(l;i >liii] .
I luM. isru ll;i.v.
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Alameda County bpaiitiriil. Reading left to right, from the top downward: (1) Residence,
Thousand Oaks; (2) Highland Avenue residence; (3) fountain, Northbrae, Berkeley;
( ti Hotel Shattuck, llcrkeley; (5) scene at Thousand Oaks; <0) Northbrae district.
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which was a dynamo of the Brush type, having a capacity
of three arc lamps. These arc lamps were fixed to scant-
lings nailed to the fence posts and lighted up for two or
three nights, but while exciting the curiosity of the
people were not taken seriously.
In the year 1883 George H. Roe set up in the wood and
coal yard of Shakespeare & Walter, on Eleventh Street
between Broadway and Franklin, a small arc dynamo,
stretched his wires under the wooden awnings on Broad-
way between Ninth and Twelfth streets, and for a period
of one month lighted the lamps nightly from dusk until
10 o'clock, and endeavored to secure patronage of the
merchants. In this he signally failed and the
plant was withdrawn, the gas company still
maintaining its foothold as an illuminator,
which it continued to do until August, 1884,
when Samuel H. Taylor, representing the
Thompson-Houston Company, leased for use at
night the steam plant of the flour mill of
Gould & Williamson, at the cor-
ner of Fourth and Washington
streets, and installed a 25-light
direct current series arc dynamo.
This installation, being appar-
ently a promising one and des-
tined to become a
strong competitor of
the Oakland Gas Light
Company, was pur-
chased by that com-
pany, together with the
rights of the Thomp-
son-Houston Com-
pany, and the first
electric light station in
Alameda County was
erected on its prop-
erty adjacent to the
gas works on Second
Street near Washing-
uvERMORE ton, and a 150-h.p. en-
gine and boilers with
countershaft and four
25-light arc machines
installed. On .January
2, 1885, the plant was put into service with
fifty lights. The wires were stretched on
poles and under the awnings along Broad-
way and Washington streets from First to
Fourteenth streets.
MAP
OF "^
ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CO.
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s nil. Ii. mill III hikes iulorii OiikUiiid and viciiiily. In tliis picture the two upper left-hand
\i(\vs ;ii( of OakliUKl's favorite puhlie rcereation ground. Lake Merritt; heneath these is
.seen Lake Chabot, the principal reservoir of Oakland's water system. The two right-
hand views are of Lake Tenieseal, on the People's Water Company's property.
Pacific Service Magazine
63
This was the beginning of the intro-
duction of electric lighting into the city
of Oakland; its growth and development
are matters of common knowledge to the
citizens of that city. It may be mentioned
here that the first alternating incandes-
cent machine operated on the Coast was
installed in the new station of the com-
pany built in 1892 at First and Grove
streets, and was a Westinghouse machine
of thirty-five amperes, primary line volt-
age of one thousand, secondary service
being fifty volts, each candlepower con-
suming, therefore, three and one-half
watts. The incandescent lamp of today
consumes but one watt per candlepower.
ELECTRIC STATISTICS
Dec. 31, 1885 Dec. 31, 1915
Revenue for year ?11,393.87 $1,875,241 00
Number of consumers. ... 70 45,279
Kilowatt hours sold 49,275 75,101,523
Street lamps —
Arcs None 957
Electroliers None 1,335
Incandescents None 2.885
Miles of circuit 6.2 800
Tons coal burned 251 ....
Plant capacity 340 k.w. 21,000 k.w.
Number of employees ... 4 491
In 1879 gas was first introduced into
the city of Alameda, and marked the very
first development in the world of the de-
livery of gas under high pressure. Mr.
Van L. Eastland was the designer of the
compressor used for that purpose. The
gas was carried by a 4-inch cast-iron
main from the works along First Street
to the "Webster Street drawbridge and
then by submerged wrought-iron pipe
across the channel to the Webster Street
causeway, thence to the holder of the
company on the corner of Clement and
Grand streets. From there distribution
mains under low pressure were laid
throughout the city, the initial pressure
at the works w^as twenty pounds, the dis-
tribution 4-inch water pressure.
Gas was introduced into the city of
Berkeley in 1881 by means of a continua-
tion of the line then laid on Telegraph
Avenue.
In the introduction of gas into Oakland
the price per thousand was fixed at .$7.50.
By gradual reductions this has reached
the present rate of 90 cents for minimum
quantity, and 75 cents for the maximum
marking a record in voluntary reductions
quantity, a reduction of more than 13
cents per thousand cubic feet per year,
unequaled in the world. In 1892, the
date of the introduction of incandescent
electric lighting, the rate was 25 cents
per thousand watts; the rate now is a
maximum of seven cents, and minimum
three-quarters of a cent. Arc lamps were
first sold for service from dark until 10
o'clock p. m., at the flat rate of $7.50 per
week. This method of flat rate service
has been abandoned and the more scien-
tific method of meter measurement in
every instance is employed.
Beginning with the introduction of mo-
tors as a means of utilization of electric
energy in the Oakland District, records
disclose that in 1893 the total installation
was equivalent to 60 h. p. The total in-
stallation of motors operated by electric-
ity in the Alameda County District at the
present time exceeds 75,000 h. p.
As has been previously stated, Oakland
was the terminus of the first transcon-
tinental railroad ever built, and it was
also the terminus of the first long dis-
tance hydro-electric system ever estab-
lished, energy from the mountains being
used for the operation of the electric lines
of the Oakland Street Railway Company
on April 28, 1901, in connection with
service to the consumers of the Oakland
Gas, Light and Heat Company. This en-
ergy was supplied by the Bay Counties
Power Company, of which Mr. E. J. de
Sabla, Jr., was president, and Mr. John
Martin vice-president. This company was
the pioneer of all the hydro-electric long
distance transmission plants in the State.
The plant from which the energy came
was located on the North Yuba River,
about twenty-two miles east of Marysville,
and is the plant now called "Colgate" in
the general system of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company. It was then the larg-
est plant established, not only on the
Pacific Coast but, considering the head
under which it was operated, the long
distance transmission and the potential
of line, the largest of any in the world.
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Through the genius, the ability and the
faith of Mr. John Martin and Mr. de Sabla
this project was made possible.
The plant in its first installation had a
capacity of 6000 h. p., and a transmission
system consisting of twin lines from the
powerhouse to Oakland, covering a dis-
tance of one hundred and forty-two miles,
and a line to Sacramento sixty-one miles
in length. These lines were operated
initially at 40,000 volts, this being the
then deemed safe limit of potential. This
voltage has since been raised to 60,000, at
which the lines are now being operated,
and the plant capacity increased to 18,900
h. p. The flume supplying water to the
penstocks has a capacity of 350 c. f. s.,
the water wheels being operated with a
static head of 700 feet.
On May 19, 1903, the Standard Electric
Company of California began the opera-
tion of its plant on the Mokelumne River,
east of Jackson in Amador County, and
delivered energy to the Oakland Gas,
Light and Heat Company at that com-
pany's station at the corner of First and
Grove streets. The transmission was
operated at 33,000 volts initially, the pres-
ent voltage being 60,000, and the first
plant installation was 13,300 h. p., the
transmission line then being one hundred
and forty miles in length. The plant ca-
pacity was increased in 1905 to 26,666
h. p. This installation marked the then
highest head in California, that of 1266
feet.
Since those early days the supply of
electric energy to Oakland has been sup-
plemented by steam plants having a ca-
pacity of 28,000 h. p., and through the
inter-connecting of five transmission lines
a capacity in energy from hydro-electric
sources of approximately 150,000 h. p. in
addition, available for light, heat and
power.
The building up of the commercial in-
dustries of Alameda County, particularly
noted in an article in this issue by F. A.
Leach, Jr., has been primarily due to the
assistance of the hydro-electric develop-
ment of California, which, coupled with
its low' rates for service, has made pos-
sible the establishment of such industries.
In line with the pioneering done by the
Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company in
its alliance in 1885 with electric indus-
tries, it being one of the first companies
in the United States to recognize the then
new departure in both light and power,
the Oakland company was also the pio-
neer in the introduction of improved
methods of gas manufacture and distri-
bution, notably that of high pressure be-
fore referred to.
The Oakland waterfront, the scene of
much litigation, has at last come into its
own. The Oakland Gas, Light and Heat
Company was the first of the corpora-
tions to recognize its importance, and
during the time of the litigation it volun-
tarily opened streets through its prop-
erty on the waterfront, aff"ording the city
of Oakland a means of utilizing that
which it claimed. Deeds to the city of
Oakland were made by the company in
1894, conveying to that city without cost
to it the interest of the gas company in
Jefl"erson and Grove streets, the gas com-
pany having prior to that time acquired
by absolute purchase and by subdivision
of the waterfront with Edson Adams and
others the possession of land fronting on
the Estuary and lying south of First
Street.
The service of light, heat and power to
a community is a vast and responsible
undertaking, charged with duties second
only to the proper government of com-
munities. The risks of capital, and the
devotion and sacrifice of lives to a pur-
pose of human betterment, place public
utilities on a parity with other enter-
prises of industrial importance; and en-
listed in the service of the Oakland com-
pany stand out the names of men who,
so far as the development of Alameda
County is concerned, were splendid fac-
tors, and to those who have watched the
growth of Alameda County the following
names of officers and directors of the
company will be recognized as men who
did their part and share at all times in
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Oakland's new City Hall as seen from the shores of Lake Merritt.
public work. All of these have since
crossed the Great Divide.
Anthony Chabot, president 1866.
Joseph G. Eastland, president 1866 and
from 1883 to 1895; director for twenty-
nine vears.
H. H. Haight, president 1867 to 1878
director same term.
J. West Martin, president 1878-1882
director from 1877.
W. W. Crane, Jr., president 1882-1883
director from 1879.
John W. Coleman, president 1895; di-
rector from 1878.
D. E. Martin, president 1896-1900; di-
rector from 1882.
James Freeborn, director 1866 to 1882.
John T. Wright, director 1883 to 1903.
James MofTitt, director 1883 to 1903.
Thomas Crellin, director 1896 to 1903.
Van Leer Eastland, director (superin-
tendent from 1867 to 1894).
H. A. Hedger, director 1900 to 1903.
It is a matter of congratulation that in
all these years the pleasant relations exist-
ing between the company and its con-
sumers have never been disturbed; and
it is hoped that when the centennial
comes to be celebrated they may be found
existing in still more marked degree.
For a more extended review of the
early days of Oakland in connection with
the activites of the company, reference is
made to the May, 1914, number of the
Pacific Service Magazine. Acknowledg-
ment is hereby made for valuable in-
formation obtained from the Centennial
Book of Oakland, published in 1876 by
Mr. William Halley; also to Mr. W. R.
Scott, vice-president and general manager
of the Southern Pacific Company, and
Mr. W. R. Alberger, vice-president and
general manager of the San Francisco,
Oakland & San Jose Railway Company
(Consolidated, for their courtesy in fur-
nishing information with reference to
the activities of their companies in the
earlier days of the city of Oakland.
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Features ol AUmieda CduiiI.v's industrial i)r(]nr<s.s. HcadiuK, left to right, Iroiu tlie top down-
wards, the views show: (1) (Iraluun Stove Works, Newark; (2) Nilcs Sand, Rock and Gravel
Co., Niles; (111 Newark Lumber Co., Newark; (ti California Building Materials Co., Niles;
(5) Oakland Uriek Works, Decoto; (0) Harbour Chemical Works, Melrose; (7) Hudson Lum-
ber Co., San I.eandro; (S» i:i Dorado Oil Co., West Berkeley; (9) Pacific Manifolding Book
Co., i:meryville; (lOt Linde .\ir Products Co., ICmeryville; (11) United Iron Works, West
Oakland.
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67
Alameda County's Modern Industries
By FRANK A. LEACH, JR., Manager Alameda County District
FROM an infant industry established
June 12, 1866, the Oakland Gas Light
Company, with its three employees, has
grown into the Alameda County District
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
employing an average of 933 persons dur-
ing the year 1915 with an annual payroll
of $949,647.82.
"Pacific Service" in Alameda County
now furnishes 300,000 people in 70,000
homes with home comforts and luxuries
in light and fuel. Oakland, Alameda and
Berkeley have long been celebrated as
places of abode and their attractions for
amusement and recreation appreciated.
Then, the attractive facilities offered to
prospective industries have become ap-
parent to manufacturers. Available fac-
tory sites, low rates for electric energy,
rail and water transportation, direct
transfer from ship to rail, average tem-
perature 55.87 degrees Fahrenheit, three
hundred and sixty-five workable days a
year if necessary, unexcelled home sites
for operatives, home markets and foreign
markets, have arrested the attention of
investors until today Oakland, California,
is forging ahead as the leading manufac-
turing community on the Pacific Coast.
Among the latest to establish industries
are the Shredded Wheat Company, with
its magnificent modern building at Four-
teenth and Poplar streets, the Chevrolet
Motor Car Company, with its modern fac-
torj'^ building on the Lincoln Boulevard,
and, near by, the Pacific Tread Tire Com-
pany, Pacific Tank Company, Oakland
Textile Mills, Rice Mills, Flour Mills and
Soap Factory have either broken ground
or have plans in preparation.
The shortage in bottoms has given great
impetus to the shipping industry, and
Oakland harbor has long been famous for
its shipyards. The Hanlon shipyard is
one of the latest additions to Oakland
harbor; while the Union Iron Works has
purchased the Alameda yards and is in-
stalling the most modern machinery for
the building of the largest steel vessels.
Moore and Scott have several vessels al-
ready under way.
A few of the modern development fea-
tures of Alameda County, Oakland in
particular, are featured below in brief
descriptive articles. They, for the most
part, concern the wonderful spread of
industrial activity in the county which
may be said to possess many advantages
over its rivals in the essential features of
desirable factory location, namely, area,
accessibility and transportation facilities,
to say nothing of unequalled climatic
conditions.
The industries featured here may be
regarded as merely an installment. Some
of the most important in point of size
and scope will be treated of in future
numbers of Pacific Service Magazine.
Mazda Lamp Division of The General Electric Company
In May, 1903, a factory was established
at Twelfth and Clay streets for the manu-
facture of incandescent lamps. Business
increased so rapidly that in 1910 it was
necessary to obtain new and larger quar-
ters, so in November of that year the Oak-
land Mazda Lamp Division of the General
Electric Company moved into the three-
story brick building which they now oc-
cupy at Sixteenth and Campbell streets.
This factory is a complete manufactur-
ing plant in every sense of the word, not
a mere assembling plant. All types of
Mazda lamps, with the exception of the
recently developed Type "C" lamp, are
manufactured at the Oakland factory
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from the raw materials. Tlie processes
whereby the himps are evolved arc ex-
ceedingly interesting even to the laymen,
and rei)resent the last word in the direc-
tion of superior and rapid construction
in tiiis line. New'
and improved ma-
chinery is being
continually devel-
oped and installe(
to increase the pro-
duction of this
plant, which has al-
ready reached the
surprising proportions of five million
lamps per year.
A high standard of efficiency is the aim,
and to this end the employees, the
women particularly, are carefully consid-
ered, and provisions made for their men-
tal, moral and physical uplift. A hand-
some rest-room, with a library, a branch
of the public library, Mowers, music, pic-
lures, magazines, all are a part of the
e(iuipment; a hospital with a trained
nurse in attendance, playgrounds with a
tennis court are also provided; dances
are given every two weeks and the em-
ployees are permitted to form clubs for
this purpose. A cafeteria where the work-
ers may obtain meals at a minimum cost
is another feature. The humanitarian
side of manufacturing, which includes, of
cf)urse, every provision for safety, is the
idea which this company has effectively
carried out in the local plant as in its
other divisions. Incidentally, this is the
only plant of its kind west of Minneapolis
and at the present time employs about
one hundred and twenty-five girls and
about seventy-five men and boys.
The Oakland Mazda Lamp Division is
a large consumer of "Pacific Service" for
both gas and electricity. The gas is used
principally for localized heating of the
glass of which the lamps are made, and
very close regulation of the pressure is
required to obtain successful results. The
manufacture of incandescent lamps de-
mands exceptionally close regulation of
frequency and voltage of the electricity
supplied. Up until recently the plant was
supplied through a
motor generator set
to obtain the neces-
sary regulation, but
upon careful inves-
tigation it was
found that the volt-
age and frequency
supplied directly
Mazda Lamp Works of tlie (Icnt-ral lilcctric
Company in Oakland.
from the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany's lines were so uniform that the
motor-generator was no longer necessary,
and for the past year has not been used.
While the Oakland Mazda Lamp Divi-
sion is a large consumer of "Pacific Serv-
ice," "Pacific Service" itself and those
using electricity supplied from our lines
are, in turn, very large consumers of the
lamps here produced. Within the terri-
tory in which "Pacific Service" operates
approximately 1,500,000 lamps per year
aie used, a large percentage of which
come from this factory.
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69
The Alameda Sugar Company's works at Alvarado.
The Alameda Sugar Company
The first beet sugar made in the state
of California, in fact, the first west of
New Yorli, w^as manufactured at Alva-
rado, Alameda County, in 1870, by E. H.
Dyer, who built the first sugar mill on the
Alameda Creek, near the present site of
the Alameda Sugar Company's plant. At
that time the creek was open for naviga-
tion and schooners made their first land-
ing at the sugar mill and took on cargoes
of sugar.
This mill was destroyed by fire, and a
second plant was erected on the site of
the present one, with a capacity of one
hundred tons of beets per day. This
plant has been changed and enlarged
twice to its present capacity of six hun-
dred tons of beets or, approximately, fif-
teen hundred bags of sugar per day.
The beets are washed, sliced and treated
with hot water until the cells are broken
down and the sugar is dissolved. The
impurities are then removed from the
syrup by treating with lime and carbon
dioxide, the carbonates being filtered off",
leaving the sugar syrup. This is evap-
orated to the point of crystallization and
the liquor spun off in centrifugal ma-
chines closely resembling the extractors
used in laundries. The sugar is then
washed and dried and sacked, ready for
market. The process is all mechanical,
and once the beet starts on its way from
the unloading bins it is kept in constant
motion until the sugar is in the sack and
the pulp is in the storage bin. This pulp
is fed to cattle and is a superior feed.
The regular run consists of about one
hundred days, from August to January,
and during this time one hundred to two
hundred men are employed. Five thou-
sand tons of limestone (CO'^) are used
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during a season's run. This is burned to
give tlie quicklime and carljon dioxide
used in tlie purification of the syrup.
Three million gallons of water per day
are used. One well sunk in 1913 is 576
feet deep, and with a Layne and Bowler
pump and 100-h. p. motor will deliver
two thousand gallons per minute.
The Alameda Sugar Company first took
light and power from the Suburban Elec-
tric Light Company in August, 1902, The
old register shows a load of three hun-
dred incandescents, "some motors" and
100-amp. meter installed. The average
monthly consumption was 5000 kilowatt
hours. The load has increased year by
vcar, and on the latest check was .395^2
h. p. with more motors to be added for
the present campaign. The transformer
installation consists of six 50-k. w. trans-
formers connected to give 220- and 440-
volt secondary and three 30-k. w. trans-
formers connected to give 110- and 220-
volt secondary.
Beets are contracted for with the farm-
ers at a price of six dollars per ton. Dur-
ing an average campaign 47,000 tons of
beets will be used. Beet seed comes from
Germany and Holland and during the
past year has been very hard to secure,
but the growing of beet seed has been
taken up in several of the states, notably
Utah and Colorado, and no doubt a suf-
ficient supply will be grown locally.
The Salt Industry in Alameda County
One of the largest, probably the old-
est, and as little known as any, is the
salt manufacturing industry of Alameda
County.
When the Mission padres founded the
Mission San Jose, in 1797, the Indians
had for years been gathering salt crys-
tals from the salt holes in the marshes
between Warm Springs and Alvarado.
These holes would fill with the salt bay
water during the high winter tides, and
the water evaporation of the spring and
early summer left the solid salts as a scum
on the bottoms, where the Indians col-
lected and saved them. The white man
and his civilized methods have made a
vast improvement on the primitive ways
of the Indian, and today no less than four
large, and many smaller, salt factories
line the bay shore.
The first factory was built by the Oliver
Bros, of Mt. Eden in 1893. Their father,
Andrew Oliver, had been making crude
salt since 1872. The sons took over the
business in 1888. In those days the par-
tially pure crude salt from the ponds was
shipped to refining mills in San Fran-
cisco, and on account of one unsuccessful
attempt made at Alvarado to refine the
salt at the pond it was considered im-
possible to do so. The Oliver Salt Works
tried the experiment of erecting a plant
to mill the salt, and the best testimony as
to their success is the fact that every
large company now has a plant at the
pond.
The recovery of salt from the sea
water is a process of elimination of the
undesirable solids by evaporation. The
sea water contains about two per cent of
solid matter in solution, about one and
one-fourth per cent being sodium chlo-
ride (common salt), the balance made up
principally of calcium carbonate, cal-
cium sulphate (gypsum), magnesium sul-
phate (Epsom salts), magnesium chloride,
potash, iodine, bromine and other salts
in variable amounts. The sea water is
taken into the main canals from the bay
through automatic flood gates which open
by tile rising tide to allow the water to
How into the canal but which close and
hold the water in as the tide flows out.
From the main canal the water is pumped
to the evaporating ponds by large wind-
mills operating the old Archimedean
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screw pump, where only a small amount
of water is to be moved, and by paddle-
wheel pump operated by electric motors
where large volumes of water are moved.
These paddle wheels are constructed of
wood, as the salt water would soon rust
out any metal, and on first glance seem
very crude and inefficient; such, however,
crystallize and the brine is again moved
to the main crystallizing ponds which
cover one hundred and twenty-five to one
hundred and thirty acres. From 25 to 32
, fe>i^>^-:^?*^i^^
The Oliver Salt Works, Mount Eden, Alameda County.
is not the case. Actual test proves them
the most efficient form of pump for the
low heads on which they are operated.
One pump operated by a 5-h. p. motor
raises 1600 gallons per minute w-ith an
actual power output of less than 3 h. p.
The evaporating ponds of the Oliver
Salt Company cover 1400 acres, and over
this area approximately fifty-two inches
of water are evaporated per year, includ-
ing the average rain-fall of about twenty-
four inches. This represents a daily
evaporation of ten to twelve million gal-
lons of water.
When the water has evaporated to 12
Baume the calcium carbonate begins to
settle, and the brine has to be moved to
ponds specially provided for that pur-
pose. At 17 Baume the calcium sulphate,
or gypsum, begins to fall and the water
is again moved to the gypsum ponds. At
25 the sodium chloride, salt, begins to
Baume salt is formed, several grades be-
ing secured, the purest being at about
27 to 29 Baume.
After the salt has been thrown down,
the mother liquor contains Epsom salts,
potash, magnesium chloride, bromine,
iodine, etc., and there is every reason to
believe that the recovery of these im-
portant salts will be added to the salt
industry.
The salt is scraped from the ponds,
piled into mounds like haycocks and later
hauled by train to the storage grounds,
where it is stacked in huge piles closely
resembling elongated pyramids. In the
mill it is washed, ground, dried and pre-
pared for the market in every known
form, from the coarsest rock salt to the
finest table salt.
In September, 1914, the lines of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company were ex-
tended from Mt. Eden to the Oliver Salt
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Works, and electric motors began to re-
place the steam and gasoline engine in
the mill and on the pumps. The mill was
destroyed by fire on January 12, 1916, at
which time 90 h. p. in electric motors
were installed. They are now rebuilding
the mill on a much larger scale and will
soon have one of the largest and most
modern salt factories in the county, if
not in the State. It is needless to say that
"Pacific Service" will play an important
part in the new mill. The transformer
equipment for the factory consists of
three 40-k. w. connected star on 4000-volt
primary and Delta on 220-volt secondary.
The main service feeds on a three-panel
slate switchboard located in a secondary
substation near tlie transformer structure.
Here are located a main oil-switch volt
and an ammeter wattmeter and the nec-
essary secondary switch to control the
various power and lighting circuits.
Strawberry Farm Near Irvington
One of the largest strawberry farms in
California is located near Irvington and
is owned by the Driscoll Brothers. The
farm consists of about one hundred acres
of gently sloping land in the shadow of
Mission Peak, where soil and climate lend
themselves particularly to the strawberry
culture.
Strawberries require a virgin soil of
heavy loam, with considerable gravel to
hold it open or "sweet," as the farmer
ries. After this time a new location is
sought but, peculiarly enough, the berry
plant does not injure the soil for any
other plant or crop. You will notice in
puts it, that is, to allow a
circulation of air about the
roots of the berry plant.
The life of the plant is
about four or five years,
during which time it ex-
hausts all of the properties
of the soil which go to
make up luscious, juicy ber-
Vicws of the strawberry farm, near Irvington.
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the pictures that fruit trees are planted
throughout the patch. The trees do not
interfere with the berry culture and come
into maturity when the soil is no longer
valuable for berries.
Berry plants mature the first year and
the berry crop lasts from frost to frost
or, on an average, from April to Decem-
ber. There is a lull in the berry season
about June 1st when the first crop is
picked. The patch then lies dormant for
five or six weeks, when the new bloom
conies on the plants, which produce ber-
ries about August and continue until
December.
The method of operation of the farm
is somewhat novel to those unfamiliar
with Oriental labor conditions. The own-
ers enter into a contract with a Japanese
labor magnate whereby he supplies the
farm with a certain number of reliable
tenants. These Japanese tenants, usually
man and wife, and known as a company,
form a partnership agreement with the
owners whereby they are given a certain
amount of land for cultivation and the
gross returns from the berries are divided
on a 50-per cent basis after freight and
marketing commissions have been de-
ducted. Each company, designated by a
letter or number, is given from two to
three acres of land. This acreage is di-
vided into many small plots throughout
the field to equalize conditions, as the
quality of the soil varies and the time
of ripening is quite different in various
sections of the farm.
The owners supply living quarters,
pumping machinery, electric power and
all equipment, such as crates, boxes, im-
plements, etc., as well as the berry plants.
The tenants plant, cultivate and irrigate
the berries and do the picking and pack-
ing. Each company hires as much help
as needed during the season.
"Pacific Service" plays an important
part in the berry culture, as the irriga-
tion season lasts from April to December.
Water is turned into the trenches once a
week and the berries irrigated to the
amount of about five-acre inches per
month. Mr. Driscoll states that the only
practical way to irrigate is by electric
power, as the gas engine in the hands of
Orientals has not been a success.
There are three pumping installations
on this farm. A 50-h. p. motor direct-
connected to a 5-inch centrifugal pump
located in a 50-foot pit on a ridge known
as the "water cone"; a 15-h. p. and a 10-
h. p. motor are belted to a 5-inch and a
a 4-inch centrifugal pump, respectively,
and pump from the creek adjacent to the
farm.
The berry crop is marketed through
the commission houses, mainly in Oak-
land and San Francisco, where the Dris-
coll Brothers probably supply seventy-
five per cent of this market. The berries
are brought to market by a special auto
truck service which allows the picking of
berries from daylight to dark. Here pick-
ers prefer to w^ork a 13-hour day and re-
ceive eighteen cents per hour rather than
receive twenty-two cents an hour on other
farms where marketing conditions allow
them to work only nine hours. The pick-
ers average about three chests, or three
hundred and sixty baskets, per man per
day. At the height of the ripening season
there are as many as two hundred and
fifty pickers in the field, which gives an
idea of the size of the industry.
Well selected and packed berries bring
a higher price on the market, and there
is considerably rivalry among the fifty
odd companies when they check the re-
turns from their products.
The home life of the Japanese as seen
on this farm, together with the labor,
social and economic conditions, offer a
most attractive and fruitful field for in-
vestigation to those so inclined. We are
indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll for
much information and many incidents
which space does not allow us to print
in this article. While taking pictures our
Mr. Shuhaw started a contest with one of
the pickers in "packing" berries. Bill
made a very creditable showing, but the
"chest" that he packed never reached the
market. With him it was a labor of love.
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Industrial Education Up-to-Date
Alameda County has long been noted
for its educational facilities. The pres-
ence of the State University at Berkeley
has done much toward maintaining a
high standard in all her schools. During
the last few years approximately three
million dollars have been
invested in school prop
erties in the county.
Much attention is be-
ing given to industrial
education. Besides the
new technical schools of
Oakland, Alameda, Berke-
ley and San Leandro, the
Union High School of
Hayward is engaged in
preparing the young men
and women for the reali-
ties of life.
Approaching Hayward
on the Foothill Boulevard, one sees di-
rectly ahead the large gray main build-
ing of the Hayward Union High School.
Arriving at the westerly corner of the
school campus, where the road turns
somewhat to the right, one notices also
another building about two hundred feet
back of the main building. The classic
style of architecture, the wide lawns with
groups of shrubbery, and the fine back-
ground of hill and trees combine to make
one of the most attractive schools in the
state of California. A visitor from Chi-
cago said recently, after having been
shown through the buildings, "I wanted
to see the inside of the buildings because
I thought you had probably put most of
your attractiveness on the outside; but I
see that the inside is quite as pleasing as
the outside."
The two buildings now erected are the
first units of a group that will approach
completion as fast as the school popula-
tion may demand.
The main building contains the prin-
cipal's olTice, the library, the meeting
place of the trustees, the auditorium, a
rest room for the lady teachers, recitation
rooms, the plant for heating, ventilating
and vacuum cleaning, and equipment for
drawing, commercial training, physics,
chemistry and domestic science. Two
out-door studv rooms will be finished
Domestic science cooking class. Union High School, Hayward.
when the number of pupils is large
enough to make them needed.
The second building contains a gym-
nasium and a two-story department for
manual training.
The equipment of the manual training
department comprises a planer, an edger,
a cut-off saw with mortiser attachment,
a hand saw, a lathe and twelve benches
for the course in wood-work and design-
ing, also a forge and the necessary tools
for iron-work.
Each machine has its own individual
electric motor, and the best safety de-
vices. Gas plates will soon displace the
stove that now heats the glue pots. Gas
also provides ideal heat for the experi-
ments in physics and chemistry and for
hot water heater and the cooking of the
domestic science department. In the sew-
ing department electric irons save time
and trouble.
The gymnasium floor measures sixty
by ninety feet, and the clearance below
the trusses is twenty-four feet. At pres-
ent basket-ball, on a court measuring
forty-five by seventy-two feet, and hand-
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75
Technical High School, Oakland.
ball, and a modified form of tennis are
the sports of the gymnasium. Regular
equipment for physical culture,with care-
ful regard to real needs, will be installed
soon.
The twelve-acre tract on which the
school stands makes possible a suitable
athletic field, with room for football,
baseball and track events. Two courts
are provided for tennis, which is popular
with both the boys and the girls. The
track is a fifth of a mile in length, with
a hundred-yard straightaway.
The pupils' appreciation of the new
building and the improved facilities for
work is shown by their good care of the
buildings and equipment. They feel that
they have something worth taking care
of. Breakage is promptly reported and
paid for by the pupils causing it. Dis-
cipline is easier because of the pupils'
sense of the conduct that is proper in
surroundings of beauty and dignity.
Bonds for the purchase of the site and
the construction and equipment of the
main buildings were issued in the sum of
$80,000. The plant as it stands now rep-
resents an investment of about $120,000.
Some of the citizens of the Union High
School District at first opposed the eff"ort
for a new high school, but all now feel
that the new school is an ornament and
a highly valuable asset for the commun-
ity. The new plant has been in use since
September 1, 1913.
Oakland's Great Auditorium
Oakland has provided an assembly
place for its people by constructing an
auditorium costing a million dollars. The
main arena seats 10,000 people. In the
center 3000 couples may dance; there is
room for booths in which to vend wares;
for orchestras and bands to dispense
their charms; and a full-sized three-ring
circus, elephants, horses and all, has
played to a packed house seated in com-
fort. Separated from the arena is a com-
plete theatre equipped in detail and seat-
ing capacity for 2000. Then there is a
ballroom accommodating 250 couples, also
small banquet rooms, convention rooms
and an art gallery. These are so ar-
ranged that all may be occupied at once
and yet without interference with each
other.
Electricity for the Oakland Municipal
Auditorium is supplied by the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company from overhead
lines on Fallon Street, the service from
pole to transformer being underground.
Two 4000-volt 3-phase cables connect
with distribution circuits from two dif-
ferent "Pacific Service" stations. There
is also a 500-volt direct current service
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cable. The two 3-phase cables run to a
double-throw non-automatic 4500-volt oil-
switch, to which is connected an auto-
matic main oil-switch. Two automatic
oil-switches control the light and the
power transformer banks.
The building lighting is divided into
three approximately equal divisions, thea-
tre stage, general lighting and arena. Six
transformers, totaling 210 k. w., are in-
stalled, two in parallel on each phase, to
supply these three lighting groups. The
double-throw main switch is normally
closed on the circuit from one source of
supply. Just ahead of this switch, a top
is taken off to supply a 30-k. w. trans-
former used for supplying emergency
lighting. The lamps in halls and exits,
which normally burn on the main trans-
former bank, are automatically switched
on to this emergency transformer, in case
of failure of the normal supply.
Power for blowers, pumps, etc., is sup-
plied at 220 volts, 3-phase, from a bank
of three 30-k. w. transformers. The ele-
vators are 500-volt direct current ma-
chines. The main building switchboard
is located under the stage, and is con-
nected to the transformer room by six-
teen 500,000 c. m. and five 300,000 c. m.
cables. From this switchboard circuits
are run to the various smaller panels and
switchboards in the building. A 30-k. w.
motor generator set is placed under the
stage to supply 125-volt direct current for
searchlights, or for the two motion pic-
ture machines with which the building
is equipped.
The arena, w^hich has a floor space of
214 by 117 feet, is lighted by eight semi-
indirect fixtures, designed by Mr. Ro-
maine W. Myers. These fixtures are ten
feet in diameter, weigh 3800 pounds each,
and are hung at about sixty feet from the
floor. Each fixture is equipped with six
1000-watt type C lamps. In the arena
floor twentj' large floor boxes are pro-
vided and conduits run to the main
board, so that any unusual demand for
current can be met by pulling in suitable
cables. These boxes are concealed be-
neath hardwood trap doors.
For the building lighting four hundred
and thirty-six branch circuits are re-
quired, not including stage boards or
arena floor pockets. The stage, which is
located between the arena and the thea-
tre and faces both ways, is provided
with two complete switchboard panels,
with dimmers, etc. Outlets are provided
on the roof for spectacular lighting ef-
fects, and feeds sufficiently heavy to care
he Anilit'iriniii. ():ikl:iiiil\ iirwrst imlilii' structure.
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for any probable demand are run to the
main switchboard.
A large electric range is provided in
the ballroom kitchen on the second floor.
The entire equipment is most modern,
flexible and admirably suited to a build-
ing of this character.
The building was constructed un-
der the supervision of Architect J. J.
Donovan, and the entire electrical in-
stallation was designed and supervised
by Mr. Romaine W. Myers.
Theatre stage switchboard.
Main switchboard.
A Modern Candy Factory
Lehnhardt's candy factory stands for
the last idea, housed in its new home at
Twenty-fourth and Grove streets, Oak-
land. This factory had its inception in
Oakland, buying sugar by the dollar's
worth until now it ships candy in as large
as four-ton lots, as was recently done to
South America. Human hands only guide
but never touch the product. The pull-
ing, cutting and wrapping is automatic-
ally done by machinery.
The building is a two-story structure
of pressed brick and semi-fireproof. All
windows are equipped with copper win-
dow screens to exclude flies, and it is im-
possible for these pests to enter through
the main door, for above this there is a
No. 4 A. B. C. pressure blower, directly
connected to a 2-h. p. motor, which dis-
charges a very strong current of air
through a specially designed nozzle cov-
ering the entire width of the door and
producing a strong sheet of downward
moving air which effectively prevents en-
trance of flies or dust.
The inside of the entire building is
painted white, while the ice-cream manu-
facturing room, the cold storage rooms,
the ice-cream hardening room and the re-
frigerating machines are all white enam-
eled. The ground floor is made of master
builders' cement, thus permitting heavy
trucking without injuring the floor or
raising a particle of dust. The floor of
the candy manufacturing room is of hard
maple.
Each machine is driven by its own
electric motor, and where belts are used
the motors are suspended from the ceil-
ing, making it impossible for the oper-
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ators' clothes to become
entangled in the belting.
The total installation
anioiinls to 85 h. p., 220
volts, 3 -phase current,
and is supplied by "Pa-
cific Service." All heat-
ing, baking and candy-
making are by gas, also
supplied by "Pacific
Service." The ice-mak-
ing plant has a capacity
of fifteen tons per day,
the ice being made in
100-pound blocks.
Special
i^^'
fBBff?^'
Tj?iaRM.«fgg5ig«gj|
■:r^fi»«y.
Factories under construction in Alameda County. (1) Chevrolet
Auto Works, Foothill Hotilcvjjrd, Oakland; (2) Pacific Tread
Tire Co., Foothill Honlrvard; (.'?) Shrocldcd Wheat Bis-
cuit Co., Twflftli :in(l lUion streets, Oakland.
Lehnhardt's
ice cream and
candies are of
an excellent
quality which
has been still
further im-
proved since
the opening of
their new fac-
tory on March
15, 1914. They
are justly
proud of the
fact that previ-
ous to the com-
pletion of the
new factory they had
never had a salesman
on the road, yet were
rushed to fill orders,
not onU^ from the
neighboring territory
but from the entire
West, as well as receiv-
ing unsolicited orders
from the Philippine Is-
lands, the Hawaiian Is-
lands, South America
and Mexico. In other
words, the Lehnhardt
factory is an example
of up-to-date efficiency.
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The Financial Side of ''Pacific Service
9 9
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
^T^E present below income account statements for the month of June, 1916, for
the six months of the current fiscal year to June 30th, and for the twelve
months ended June 30th.
INCOME ACCOUNT
MONTH OF JUNE
1916
1915
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
$ 825,441.86
580,122.04
113,953.21
S 767,640.97
S 57,800.89
580,672.84
$ 550.80
105,646.05
8,307.16
Total Gross Operating Revenue
*$1,519,517.11
*$1,453,959.86
$ 65,557.25
Expenses:
$ 77,623.26
565,811.65
78,326.05
19,000.00
$ 74,339.02
568,622.92
66,256.77
19.000.00
$ 3,284.24
$ 2,811.27
12,069.28
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
125 000.00 115.000.00
10.000.00
$ 865,760.96
$ 843,218.71! $ 22,542.25
Net Earnings from Operation
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and Other Miscellaneous Income
$ 653,756.15
25,203.52
$ 610,741.15
44,626.15
$ 43,015.00
$ 19,422.63
$ 678,959.67
321,442.47
$ 655,367.30! % 23.592.37
Bond Interest
331,755.76
$ 10,313.29
$ 357,517.20
14,431.60
$ 323,611.54
13,694.28
$ 33,905.66
737.32
Apportionment of Bond Discount
and Expense
$ 343,085.60
$ 309,917.26! $ 33,168.34
1
♦Includes $26,804.89 in dispute, account of rate litigation, in 1916, and $28,636.66_in 1915.
Note. — The total gross operating revenue derived from the Exposition in June, 1915, was
$35,732.27. Excluding this from the comparison, the normal gross operating revenue in June, 1916,
increased $101,289.52. The increase of normal business was undoubtedly even greater than this,
as no account has been taken of other temporary gross revenue indirectly due to the Exposition in
June, 1915, the exact amount of which is not ascertainable. Expenses were increased by setting
aside $10,000 more as a reserve for Depreciation in conformity with the Company's policy of makmg
this reserve $1,500,000 for the current year as compared with $1,380,000 diu-ing the year 1915.
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INCOME ACCOUNT
Six Months — January 1 to June 30
I9I6
1915
Increase Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
$5,014,649.89
3,833,295.47
493,555.58
$4,828,873.70
3,862,961.54
511,662.84
$ 185,776.19
Gas Department
$ 29,666.07
18,107.26
Other Departments
Total Gross Operating Revenue
*$9,341,500.94
*$9,203,498.08
$ 138,002.86
Expenses :
Maintenance
$ 543,409.69
3,555,836.34
463,112.47
114,000.00
750,000.00
$ 474,655.94
3,527,710.74
392,976.34
114,000.00
690,000.00
$ 68,753.75
28,125.60
70,136.13
Operating and General
Taxes
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
lectible Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
60,000.00
Total Expenses
$5,426,358.50
$5,199,343.02
$ 227,015.48
Net Earnings from Operation
$3,915,142.44
234,472.41
$4,004,155.06
181,870.51
$ 89,012.62
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and Other Miscellaneous Income
52,601.90
Total Net Income
$4,149,614.85
1,942,019.43
$4,186,025.57
2,080,635.47
$ 36,410 72
Bond and Other Interest
138 616.04
Balance
$2,207,595.42
86,589.56
$2,105,390.10
76,208.89
$ 102,205.32
10,380.67
Apportioimient of Bond Discount
and Expense
Surplus
$2,121,005.86
$2,029,181.21
$ 91,824.65
Dividends on Preferred Stocks:
Accrued Jan. 1 to June 30, (6 mos.)
On 6% First Preferred Stock
$ 384,265.05
300,000.00
$ 246,693.12
300,000.00
$ 137,571.93
On 6% Original Preferred Stock
Total
$ 684,265.05
$ 546,693.12
$ 137,571.93
Balance for Common Stock. .
$1,436,740.81
$ 424,712.13
$1,482,488.09
$ 45,747.28
li% Cash Dividend paid on Com-
mon Stock for 1st quarter, 1916
I
1J% Stock Dividend on Common
Stock accrued for 1st and 2nd
quarters, 1915
$ 965,036.80
S 540,324.67
f
Surplus (unappropriated)
$1,012,028.68
$ 517,451.29
$ 494,577.39
1
•Includes $184,152.61 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1916, and $192,938.25 in 1915.
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INCOME ACCOUNT
Twelve Months Ended June 30
1915
1915
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department | $10,110,258.34 $ 9,300,731.14
Gas Department 7,530,519.26 7,288,447.87
Other Departments
Increase Decrease
Total Gross Operating Revenue
809,527.20
242,071.39
1,027,526.30 1,098,693.97 \ $ 71,167.67
$18,668,303.90 $17,687,872.98
$ 980,430.92
E/X06I1S6S I
Maintenance $ 1,039,640.12 $ 974,236.77
Operating and General 7,185,387.31 7,022,211.65
Taxes 919,580.66 774,862.99
Reserves for Casualties and Uncol-
lectible Accounts 228,000.00 220,500.00
Reserve for Depreciation 1,440,000.00 1,190,000.01
Total Expenses .
Net Earnings from Operation .
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales
and Other Miscellaneous Income
Total Net Income
Bond and Other Interest .
Balance .
Apportionment of Bond and Note
Discount and Expense
Surplus .
65,403.35
163,175.66
144,717.67
7,500.00
249,999.99
$10,812,608.09 $10,181,811.42
$ 7,855,695.81 $ 7,506,061.56
466,480.77 330,008.78
$ 630,796.67
$ 349,634.25
136,471.99
8,322,176.58
3,846,794.48
$ 7,836,070.34
4,143,846.33
4,475,382.10 $ 3,692,224.01
170,791.10 319,369.31
$ 4,304,591.00 $ 3,372,854.70
$ 486,106.24
$ 783,158.09
$ 931,736.30
$ 297,051.85
$ 148,578.21
♦Includes $378,380.65 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1916, and $373,668.11 in 1915.
Statement of Consumers by Departments at June 30
June
30th
Gas
Department
Electric
Department
Water
Department
Steam Sales
Department
Total
Consumers
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
109,929
124,592
131,236
141,998
156,384
183,667
199,061
211,132
223,919
226,537
47,352
56,746
64,590
75,205
91,406
106,218
121,099
137,916
157,681
170,086
5,425
5,690
6,289
6,914
7,085
7,686
7,991
8,873
9,413
9,911
'i7
160
233
307
354
381
162,706
187,028
202,115
224,117
254,892
297,731
328,384
358,228
391,367
406,915
GaininQyrs.
116,608
122,734
4,486
381
244,209
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Pacific Service Magazine
^Pacific S>erbice iMaga^ine
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription $1.50
Single copy 15
Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII .RLY, 1916
No. 2
EDITORIAL
"Pacific Service" has issued to its stock-
holders its pamphlet report for the year
1915. This sets forth the financial con-
dition of our company, and every ef-
fort has heen made to afford the fullest
information concerning the company's
operations. The "San Francisco Exam-
iner" refers to the report in the following
terms:
"As usual, it embodies a full and con-
vincing showing of the transactions of
the year and reflects the wonderful pros-
perity and growth both of the company
and of the territory served by it."
In view of the excellent showing made
we feel justified in calling the attention
of our readers to certain salient features
of the report. The company's gross earn-
ing are shown to have increased $1,617,-
613, or 10 per cent. This includes, of
course, an amount of $391,370 derived
from the company's contract for lighting
the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Of the
total earnings 53 per cent is derived from
the sales of electricity and 40 per cent
from the sales of gas. Sales of electricity
during the year increased by upward of
42,000,000 kiU)wat hours, and sales of gas
by upward of 678,000,000 cubic feet.
The surplus account, after deducting
operating expenses, bond interest, de-
preciation reserves and dividends of 6
per cent on both preferred and common
stock, shows an excess over dividend re-
quirements of $1,281,976.05.
The operating ratio decreased from
52.7 per cent in 1914 to 49.7 per cent in
1915. The total amount paid in wages
during the past year was $5,198,000.
Actual expenditures for maintenance
and depreciation in 1915 were $2,049,900,
or 11.06 per cent of the gross operating
revenue for the year.
The liberality of the company in its
upkeep expenditures may be inferred by
contrasting this with the 7.21 per cent of
gross operating revenues expended for
upkeep by the seven next largest utilities
of the state of California during the same
year.
The reserves for depreciation, uncol-
lectible accounts, insurance and casu-
alty funds, etc., at the end of the year
amounted to $4,184,025, an increase for
1915 of $716,530. In the ten years that
have elapsed since its organization the
company has set aside out of its income
$25,762,275 for maintenance and depre-
ciation, or 18.12 per cent of its gross rev-
enues during this period.
Owing to the large amount of recon-
struction work done prior to 1913, the
company's properties are in excellent
physical condition throughout, and the
percentage of gross revenue set aside for
maintenance and depreciation in 1915 is
a fair index of the amount that will be
required for this purpose in the future.
Under the heading "Conservation of
Assets" a table prepared by the com-
pany's independent auditors shows that
in the ten years since its organization
tlie company has increased its assets by
$64,028,128, of which $47,892,194 was
obtained from sales of securities, while
$16,135,934 represents cash taken from
current income and put back into new
property, in addition to $8,250,250 which
has gone to the preservation of already
existing assets through the company's re-
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habilitation and replacements accounts.
The statement is made that for every dol-
lar of cash dividends paid to stockhold-
ers during this ten years the company
has put back into property for permanent
additions and improvements and other
concrete assets $2.58, and for the preser-
vation of existing assets $1.32, in addi-
tion to $10,954,766 expended for ordinary
maintenance.
The plants and property account was
increased $2,143,304, and at the close of
the year stood at $129,281,360.
During the last ten years $36,234,676
has been expended for new construction,
$20,239,488 for the acquisition of other
properties, making a total of $56,474,164
added to the company's property account,
in addition to $7,553,964 added to the
working capital during this period.
The company's funded debt and gold
notes in the hands of the public de-
creased $3,095,500 in 1915, while the first
preferred stock outstanding at the end of
the year increased $3,785,100, represent-
ing over-the-counter sales to 1712 invest-
ors. On December 31, 1915, the company
had 7226 stockholders, of whom 2041
were women, and 4659 of these stock-
holders were residents of California.
Cash on hand increased $2,542,334 dur-
ing 1915. Since its organization the com-
pany has sold for cash securities of the
aggregate par value of $80,421,400, re-
ceiving therefor $70,537,705, or at the
average rate of 87.71 per cent of the par
value of the securities sold. The aver-
age rate of interest and dividends on
these securities was 5.28 per cent.
On December 31, 1915, the company's
sinking fund was $8,860,690 par value of
bonds, of which $7,326,490 was retired
from surplus profits.
The gas industry in Oakland having
been established fifty years, it was in ac-
cord with the eternal fitness of things
that a semi-centennial celebration should
be held in its honor. This was done on
June 10th last, when "Pacific Service"
made merry in the Pinehurst woods.
It was an event of more than usual in-
terest, for it recalled the story of Oakland
and of the group of stalwarts who got
together in early times and by staying to-
gether builded a community that today
stands upon a rock foundation. It was
redolent of reminiscence. And so, the
greater part of this present issue of Pa-
cific Service Magazine is devoted to an
exploitation of Oakland, past and present.
One has only to look at the list of past
presidents of what was originally the Oak-
land Gas Light Company to realize what
class of men were identified with public
enterprise in those early days we speak
of. Such names as Joseph G. Eastland,
J. West Martin, Governor Haight, John W.
Coleman, W. W. Crane, Jr., and Anthony
Chabot are of those who helped to make
California's history. Were they alive to-
day they might stand upon Broadway and
marvel greatly at the changes that have
taken place since first the modern Athens
of California made bid for place among
the great cities of the West. Steel and
stone are fast replacing wood, and the
old-fashioned stately mansions around
Lake Merritt are about all that is left of
the city that was. But to those hardy pio-
neers, those men who were big in every-
thing they undertook, big in work, and
big in play, we of California today bow
our heads in reverent acknowledgment of
the debt that is due. With them lay the
initiative; we have but carried on the
work from where they left oft".
At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company it was decided to pay full sal-
ary to any and all of the company's
young men who have joined their vari-
ous National Guard regiments for duty at
the State border line. The order made by
the executive committee holds good until
September 30th, next, and between now
and then the company administration
will decide the question of extending the
period.
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I Tidings From Territorial Districts \\
Alameda County District
Alfred Persistio Parratt is the de facto
auditor of Alameda County District. He
holds everyone to strict accountability.
This requires many official notes; diplo-
matic because well padded with "please,"
and the assurances of friendly relations
if you come through and quit ducking.
Jack Mulgrew says it is a literary bureau.
One day he was up to the office and saw a
green wagon with high sides standing in
front. It was labeled "Salvation Army.
Waste Paper Dept." He thinks the au-
ditor keeps it busy. Jack was raised in
the early days when everyone had his
hand in the warehouse bin. He looks upon
the auditor as a necessary evil; a requisi-
tion is like being on the outside, looking
in. Jack had a dream. He swapped his
old company auto, giving cash to boot,
for a fine new "Lizzie." He tagged it
with his old P. S. number plate and
rubbed her over with onion skins to dis-
guise it as the old boy. He came along
in silent pride, when he spotted the au-
ditor. The auditor looked questions. Jack
got nervous. The auditor did, also, with
the wonderment how a requisition ever
got by. His eagle eye began to make Jack
sweat the third degree. Jack came over,
put one hand on the auditor's shoulder
and began, "Al,"— for the first name al-
ways gets you in kind of familiar — "Say,
Al, you've got me. Now% Al, I'll tell you
what's do. It's in my personal expense.
If you find it, course I'll pay for it. If
you don't the company pays. Ain't that
fair?" Jack woke up; such luck runs
only in dreams.
An auditor keeps the balances; just as
blind Justice does. But an auditor, be-
sides meaning one deft in figures, also
means one who listens. When Al gets
you on the cari)et, he always gives you
an audience. This recalls the story of
out in Nevada. A cattle thief was caught.
On the way to the nearest tree to be
strung up, one of the captors said, "Hadn't
we better take time to give him a fair
trial before hanging him?" Al is a whirl-
wind at figures. In dealing with figures,
he says, you always have to contend with
the human element. He savs Adam was
the first auditor; he fell for the figure of
Eve.
Every spring he gets the fishing lust.
Out he goes and pussyfoots along the
streams from pool to pool and ripple to
ripple. Oh, it's the life to live. In the
last year the Commission has planted
400,000 fish in the Alameda County
streams. The auditor caught six. Think
of the stories left untold! Of the six, like
a true sport, he sent them all to friends.
The taste of fish appeals to your imagina-
tion; how the donor has sent vou his
surplus. His generosity is onlv limited
by his catch. He says the greatest fish
story was feeding the multitude in bibli-
cal times. That catch was but five small
fishes, whereas he puts it over by twenty
per cent. Making twenty out of one
shows he is an auditor. He says figures
don't lie; they simply mislead. He never
intends to slight anyone; you would all
be remembered — "but."
His name means "at fish." Parr means
a school of fish headed for the sea. That
probably accounts for the go by; but in
the company's accounts, nothing gets by;
it's all there "att Parr," one hundred per
cent.
That is why he belongs to the sandies,
the Royal Order of Reds, the boys who
are making good, because of his Readi-
ness to Charge. Alger Non Est.
The Polytechnic College of Engineer-
ing, Oakland, held its annual graduating
exercises on June 22d. A. U. Brandt, our
Superintendent of Electric Distribution,
delivered the graduating address. The
class members represented distant lands;
Mexico to Idaho. This shows the wude
reputation of the college.
The brass band struck up circus music
and the trombone snorted in cadence.
The trains began to load with the joyous
crowd. It was tlie annual picnic of the
Alameda County District leaving for Pine-
hurst. How the shouts and laughter rang
forth as tlie two long trains pulled out
of Ihe Oakland station of the Oakland
& Aiitioch road. The regular trains fol-
lowed with extra coaches; 250 came from
San Francisco. In all, the numbers
swelled to 1335; the largest utilitv com-
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pany picnic of record in the State. As
the advance trains curved into Pinehurst
Grove, there was Don Martinez Ray on a
bluff smiling with a welcome to Contra
Costa.
The throngs soon took possession of
Pinehurst. A tug-of-war was the first
event. The Gas Distribution vs. the Elec-
tric Distribution. It was an even
pull; the latter won out by ten
inches. Then the Electric Gen-
eration over-pulled the Gas Gen-
erator by three inches. The gas
boys did well; but the cheers
went with the other side because
the gas boys always had won.
The crowd seemed hungry for
their defeat. Later the finals
came when the Electric Genera-
tion pulled against the Electric
Distribution. It was Electric vs.
Electric; there was no give;
strength against strength. "Words
of cheer rang out from the eager
throng; the tension was on tip
toe. There was a give; the rope
moved; cheers became screams.
The generating boys won!
Then there were the races. Jack Brit-
ton was the megaphone artist. He kept
the humor going calling the events, and
finally turned in and won the fat man's
race. The San Francisco boys, Crowley
and Vallejo, they are "Dazey's," came in
for honors. The ladies made a splendid
showing in the egg race, carbon fuel race
and the long yard dashes. Over on the
big platform hundreds of couples danced;
everyone to his choice.
The picnic celebrated the fiftieth anni-
versary of the Oakland Gas Light Com-
pany. Mr. John A. Britton was there as
one of the big family; and, also, as Vice-
President and General Manager he looked
back over forty-two years. He recalled
thought of other days as he presented
service badges to those who had loyally
labored with him. To his side he called
Jimmy Nolan and George Kirk. It was
an association of over forty years; the
labor of a lifetime; years of work with
its many trials, anxieties and perplexi-
ties. Thoughts came too deep for expres-
sion; pathos and emotion mingled. Then
others were called, as in lesser years had
served, and as each passed by Mr. Brit-
ton expressed tributes in reminiscence.
Much was said in levity, yet between the
lines more than sentiment dwelt. Thus
to J. J. Gallagher, "Daring lineman, fear-
less; would climb pole at dead of night
and eat away the juice. Ain't that right,
Jim?" and Jim bowed his head, remark-
ing low, "Sad stuff." "Jas. Geekie kept
the fires under the boilers sixteen to eigh-
teen hours, many a day, without a grum-
ble." "J. Deuschle helped build the first
electric light station." "J. H. Pape, from
Berkeley, a dry town — any man being
ol-war, Alameda County District picnif.
able to stay in that town for thirty years
well deserves a badge." Ed Johnson pass-
ing, got a big ovation from the suffra-
gettes in the gallery. "W. D. Smith, who
counts the pencils and rubber bands. You
see he is getting fat and lazy on the job."
Each one was named as one hundred and
four passed by; it was those ten years
and over in service.
Then came the barbecue. Six hundred
pounds of beef were roasted in true Span-
ish style with a little "Port-a-ge" garlic,
cuisined by W. W. Shuhaw. My, it was
good! Likewise the vats of coffee, the
Zieglered beans and the rolls. The bread
was served in rolls so that the girls would
not loaf around. It was no small task to
serve so many, yet how quickly it was
done.
Then there was the Police Department
with real stars, loaned, under the be-
nighted charge of R. A. Gentis, as chief
of police. Walt Cohick was a typical of-
ficer; went to sleep against a tree. Officer
Cowell winked at a wheel of fortune ex-
pecting to graft a hair-brush; but the
chief wouldn't stand for it.
Then there was Gento. Chief Gentis
donned a negro false face and put his
head through a canvas for the ladies "to
throw things at Gento." Baseballs in fem-
inine hands went wide of the delightful
Gento. Officer Yierra started to charge
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for the shots; more graft in the Police
Department. A. U. Brandt so far for-
got liimself as to dance; or tried to, or
wanted to; the lady with earrings might
tell. Then Cute came on a late train;
wanted to dance with Officer Furniss.
Thought it would be heavenly to dance
among the stars. The star wouldn't twin-
kle. He says "orders is orders, the chief
says no dancing while on duty." J. Chas.
Jordan didn't do nothing but keep busy;
he wore a bachelor button. District Man-
ager Leach smiled; he thought the boys
had put one over on past events. Our
publicity manager, Mr. Fred. S. Myrtle,
and wife, added zest; we always look for
their coming.
Then there was a nail-driving contest
for the ladies. Mrs. Bruce Dixon hit the
wrong nail; it hurt our feelings to see
her do it but she was sure sport.
We must stop mentioning names; there
were so many who should be mentioned
and then the committee who did so much;
and then, too, all the girls who looked so
indescribably charming. So the merri-
ment went on — night approached and the
big idyllic moon cast its rays through the
pines and the dance — the cadence of
dance went on. Went on, until eleven
o'clock when the last train, with eight
carloads, bid good-night and good-bye to
Pinehurst.
Marysville District
The Cliamber of Commerce has been
active this month in an endeavor to se-
cure a rice mill for Marysville. Two dif-
ferent parties have been interested and
an efficient committee is still in charge of
the plan. It is hoped that a mill will be
secured before long, as it is undoubtedly
a necessity to our community and will
prove a valuable acquisition to Marysville.
The city manager plan is being strongly
endorsed. Tlie scliool election held on
June 28th was carried by a large major-
ity. This was for tlie building of a new
school at a cost f)f approximately i?! 8,000.
The new scliool building has become a
necessity on account of the steady in-
crease in the population of Marysville
since the construction of two new build-
ings for school i)uri)oses seven years ago,
at which time ^80,000 was voted at a
bond election.
W. E. Aylesworth, superintendent of the
Marysville plant of the California I'ruit
Canners' Association, announces that tlie
cannery will open in two weeks. Ayles-
worth says there is plenty of fruit this
season and he expects a long run. Be-
tween 300 and 400 persons will be em-
ployed in the cannery, which will mean
a payroll of about $50,000. This money
will be circulated in Marysville and will
help to boost business during the summer
months.
The cannery was not operated last
year. The fruit growers will receive high
prices for their produce this season.
Building permits aggregating $48,450
have been granted by the city council of
Marysville since March 1st, which amount
is equal to all of the building permits
issued during 1915. It is estimated by
local contractors that there will be more
building in Marysville during the year
1916 than ever before.
The man who secured the contract for
the feeding of the county prisoners in
Yuba City, at twenty-five cents the meal,
has closed up shop and given up his con-
tract. In two months he has not sold the
county a single meal. There hasn't been
a single prisoner in the county jail for
more than sixty days, and Sheriff F. B.
Noyes said the other day that he didn't
think there was any immediate prospect
of filling up the jail. All the undertaking
establishments have closed up and if
Yuba City people die they have to call in
the Marysville undertakers to do the bury-
ing. The postoffice keeps open every day.
"Gold and White," the publication of
the Sutter City High School, this year is
one of the best in history. It has had a
wide sale and every student of the school
has bought one or more copies.
Rice is holding its own this year, many
more acres being planted since last year.
We now have approximately 750 h. p. in
service for this one product. Business in
June was exceptionally good, exceeding
that of any other month, more especially
in agricultural power. "Pacific Service"
is more than holding its own in this dis-
trict and everybody is satisfied therewith.
The rain which has been falling the latter
end of this month has not done much
harm, although the weather for this time
of the year was rather too cold.
The sum of $5000 was subscribed for a
new baseball stand and field. Marysville
now has the finest stand in California
outside of the Coast League, and we also
iiave the fastest team. E. C. Johnson, our
genial superintendent, Jack Kelly and
"Variety" Smith raised the money for
this purpose. J. E. Poingdestre.
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Fresno District
The employees of Fresno District and
their families, numbering 112 persons,
spent a very pleasant day at the company
picnic on June 17th. Leaving the office
at 7 a. m., the party was taken in auto-
mobiles, a distance of about twenty miles,
to the head gates of the canals taking
water from Kings River.
On arrival, a ball game was started,
sides being chosen by Messrs. Neely and
Funk. The game progressed amicably
until the end of the first inning, at which
time it was necessary to remove the um-
pire to prevent further violence. In the
second inning nothing worthy of note
happened, except that delay was caused
by a foul in a squirrel hole and the man-
ager stole third. Several runs were made
by each side, but for some reason the rec-
ord was destroyed and at the end of the
fourth inning the game was called off
until afternoon.
Dancing and games for the old and
young were enjoyed until noon, when
luncheon was served. During the after-
noon the games were continued and the
braver ones went swimming, although the
water was ice cold and the current swift,
owing to the rapidly melting snow in the
mountains. A second installment of ice
cream was distributed to the children,
after which pictures w^ere taken of the
party and preparations made for the re-
turn trip at 4 p. m.
Mr. Neely selected a particularly fine
day and a beautiful spot for the outing
and all those present voted it a grand
success.
A number of the of the employees of
Fresno District met at the home of Mr.
R. B. Boyd on the evening of June 21,
1916, and organized "The Pacific Service
Club." Mr. H. E. Ross was elected chair-
man, Mr. R. B. Boyd vice-chairman and
Miss Gem Vencill secretary-treasurer.
The objects of the club are to promote
social features and to have educational
meetings of interest to the employees.
The ladies, while they were not given the
ballot, were made associate members and
allowed to share all the other benefits
of the club. An athletic committee has
been appointed and a tennis court rented
and made available for the members.
Only distance from Fresno protects the
silver loving cup this season.
We are at the present time installing
3250 feet of 4-inch cast-iron low-pressure
main line with 6932 feet of laterals in
East Fresno at an expense of $4600. We
have started on a G. M., replacing a bat-
tery of 250 h. p. Heine boilers with one
450 h. p. B. & W. boiler. We expect to
have the same completed before the fall
season comes. The expense is $13,125.
Scenes taken at the Fresno District picnic on Kings River.
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Mr. W. L. Johnstone is now with us as
cashier, coming to us from the San Mateo
office where he has been in charge some
three years. We are glad to welcome him
in the district and real climate.
Building is going quite satisfactorily.
Inspectors in the State Agricultural De-
partment have been over the valley and
advise that the damage to the crops by
frost has been very slight.
I would also like to advise that at the
annual meeting of the Rotary Club on
Monday night I was elected president,
succeeding Mr. Wilkinson, manager of the
Chinn-Beretta Optical Company.
M. L. Neely.
Nevada District.
Married.— In Grass Valley M. E. Church,
June 21, 1916, Mr. James Carter Crase and
Miss Drucilla Grace Hicks.
In their school days, this young couple
became what are termed "sweethearts"
and continued as such to date, and we
trust will continue through life as "sweet-
hearts and lovers." Two hundred friends
of the couple were present at the cere-
mony. Ernest Crase, cousin of the groom,
sang a beautiful solo entitled, "I Love
You Truly," which was well rendered.
To the strains of Mendelssohn's Wed-
ding March, played by Miss Grace Carter
of San Francisco, cousin of the groom,
the wedding party marched down the
aisle of the church to the chancel, where
the groom and his best man awaited the
bride, Frank Crase, brother of the groom,
acting in the capacity of best man. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Wm.
Clark and in a few moments Miss Dru-
cilla Hicks was no more, being from this
time forth Mrs. James Carter Crase.
A reception followed the ceremony, im-
mediately after which the bridal party
repaired to the home of Mrs. Frank
James, sister of the bride, where a sump-
tuous wedding feast was enjoyed. The
home was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. The bridal pair left at midnight
by auto for Colfax, where they boarded a
westbound train for the bay cities, where
the honeymoon will be spent. Upon their
return, they will make their home in a
comfortable bungalow in the Brockington
Court, in Grass Valley. Mr. and Mrs.
Crase were the recipients of manj* beau-
tiful and costly presents and they started
on the matrimonial sea under the most
favorable conditions.
Mr. Crase has been in the employ of
the company for a little over five years,
starting in the Grass Valley office as col-
lector and clerk, and by strict attention
to business and studying the system of
the company has climbed the ladder un-
til he now fills the position of chief ac-
countant in Nevada City office. Mr. Crase
is an exemplary young man and will
make a model husband. Mrs. Crase is a
very estimable young lady, educated and
refined, and will make a splendid help-
mate for "Jimmy."
Nevada City had the grandest and most
successful Fourth of July celebration in
its history. On the evening of the third
the Haymakers had charge, and while
this procession and stunts were limited in
length and numbers, they made up in en-
thusiasm. About 10,000 people were on
the street. Confetti and tin horns seem-
ingly by the millions and the jolliest
crowd ever. Fun and frolic kept up until
midnight and the electric cars kept busy
until the last contingent was taken back
to Grass Valley.
On the morning of the Fourth the large
crowd returned from Grass Valley and
surrounding country and the procession
was beautiful in the extreme. Many floats
and everyone a picture. Novelties of all
kinds and the applause from the happy
people that thronged our sidewalks was
hearty and generous, and exclamations of
"How nice" and "How pretty" came from
every source. Our goddess was perfectly
lovely and a product of old Nevada
County, and its reputation for pretty girls
is known the world over.
The exercises in our opera house were
well attended, in fact, crowded, and all
stayed until the benediction, which spoke
volumes for the character of the program
rendered. The afternoon was devoted to
amusements of all kinds, including one of
the greatest tugs-of-war ever witnessed in
the county, and such specimens of ath-
letes, and all miners, too. They tugged
forty-five minutes. The teams were made
up from the Champion and Brunswick
mines, the latter winning.
Fireworks at night were enjoyed by all
and at midnight the people wended their
way homeward, tired, but happy, and will
await our next Fourth in Grass Valley.
John Werry.
Pacific Service Magazine
89
De Sabla District.
About two months ago the employees
of the De Sabla District formed what is
now known as "The De Sabla Pacific
Service Club." Despite the fact that but
a short time has elapsed since its organi-
zation, it has speedily gained immense
popularity throughout the surrounding
country. The club was formed for the
sole purpose of social recreation, and mu-
tual benefits. Officers have been elected
and committees appointed to look after
the welfare of the organization.
The members donated a fund to con-
struct a dance platform, and also to pur-
chase a player piano, representing an in-
vestment of a little over $1000. A dance
platform forty by sixty feet in size and
made from the best of lumber has been
erected, and a Kimball player piano has
been purchased and installed on the new
platform. Present plans are to convert
the platform into a social hall by adding
a roof to it, as soon as the funds in the
treasury will permit. Whenever possible,
we hope to arrange for entertainments
and perhaps some illustrated lectures per-
taining to "Pacific Service."
A dedication dance was given Satur-
day, June 24th, at which over a hundred
couples were present to enjoy good music
and a chicken supper. Nearly all seemed
to be of the opinion that for dancing the
floor could not be beat, and many spoke
of the excellent supper served.
So far, we have been remarkably suc-
cessful in fulfilling our aim. At the dance
people were heard to remark, "No won-
der it is good, when the words 'Pacific
Service' are connected with anything it
is bound to be good." The local daily
papers were quite liberal in writing of
tlie affair, as the following clipping
sliows. Leo M. Kass.
ployees presented Mr. and Mrs. Cummings
with a heavy silver bread tray, to which
a happy response was made by both Mr.
and Mrs. Cummings.
Santa Rosa District.
On the evening of June 16th some
Iwenly-five of the company's people of
Santa Rosa were entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur S. Cummings, at their home
on Orchard Street, this city. The event
was their twenty-fifth wedding anniver-
sary. Mr. Cummings has been in the em-
ploy of the local district for many years,
being at the present time main and serv-
ice foreman. Everyone enjoyed them-
selves to the full and just immediately
prior to the luncheon, at a late hour, the
local manager on behalf of the other em-
On Sunday, June 25th, our local com-
pany of National Guard, Company E, left
for Sacramento, bound for the Mexican
border. Their orders to leave coming
late Saturday night, on Sunday morning
they were given a spontaneous reception
and send-ofF by the local citizens. They
were headed by the Santa Rosa band and
the Boys' Band of Santa Rosa, and were
escorted by the Grand Army veterans,
and by the veterans of the Spanish-Amer-
ican war, and hundreds of automobiles.
They entrained at 11 o'clock, but did not
leave Santa Rosa until something over an
hour later, due to a hitch in the railroad
schedule. They were bid God-speed in
speeches by Attorney D. R. Gale, father
of one of the lieutenants, and also by ex-
Mayor Lee. The train pulled out amid
cheers of thousands and myriads of wav-
ing American flags. One young man had
come all the way from New Mexico to
join his company, another young man
had walked some seventy-five miles from
Lake County to do likewise. The notice
of the time was given by the steam whis-
tle at the gas works, which was upon that
signal taken up by all oi the steam whis-
tles in town, as well as the fire bell as-
sisting in their God-speed to these young
men. M. G. Hall.
Marin District
The company has purchased the south-
east corner of Fourth and E streets, San
Rafael, with a frontage of fifty feet on
Fourth Street by a depth of 150 feet on
E Street, as a site for a new district head-
quarters.
The plans cover a one-story brick build-
ing with mezzanine floor in the rear.
Frederick H. Mej^er is the architect, and
the contract for the brick and general
work has been let to Knowles and Ma-
thewson of San Francisco, to George A.
Shields of San, Rafael for the plumbing,
and to the Butte Engineering and Electric
Company for the wiring.
The G. M. covering the erection of the
building calls for $13,144.
Work has been started and we hope to
be installed in our new quarters by the
first of December. W. H. Foster.
90
Pacific Service Magazine
The N. E. L. A. District Tennis
Tournament is on.
TENNIS? Well, we should say! And from nearly every district the magic word
is heard. A rivalry has sprung up among the contesting districts which is
highly indicative of a successful tournament. Already several teams have clashed,
some so eager that they are meeting ahead of schedule. We Uke the splendid enthu-
siasm shown. Keep it up, boys, and may the best team win!
Each district or combination of districts, as selected by the Committee, is rep-
resented by a two-man team, and each match between district teams consists of one
doubles match and two singles matches, the winning team to take two of three
matches.
Following is the schedule of play for the
district tournament:
Vallejo 1
Final
Santa Rosa 1
Napa
Petaluma >-
vs.
Solano J
Colusa 1
Marvsville |
Chico j^-
vs.
Yolo j
Sacramento 1
vs. 1^-
San Joaquin J
S. F. Head
Office
vs.
Drum
Nevada
Placer
Redwood
vs.
San Jose
S. F. District
vs.
Alameda
Marin ] I
vs. f J
Contra Costa J
Several districts are playing an elimination
tournament to choose the two best men; and
keen competition has been shown, as is evident
by the schedules and scores shown below.
Sacramento has held tryouts, principally by
the reputation route. Verne Jones and E. A.
Weymouth had no competition, and this pair
will have a splendid chance to carry off first
honors and a handsome tennis racquet each.
Verne is the present holder of the Pacific Gas
& Electric Tennis Trophy. VNeymouth will
long be remembered as playing such a nerve-
racking match with G. M. Thomas last year.
Sacramento will play its first match against
the San Joaquin District, who, we understand,
have a couple of dark horses and may upset
Sacramento.
Alameda District has had tryouts, and the
winners are Wm. Hughes of the O. & M. Dept.,
and Roy Cowles of the Elec. Distr. Dept. Roy
is the man, as all of us remember, who elimi-
nated dear old "Jack" last year.
The Alameda Coimty elimination schedule
was as follows:
R. R. Cowles,
FJect. Dist.
Chas. Duffin,
Cowles
O.&M.Dept. J 6/1 6/2
W. O. Ste- '
phens,
Elec. Dist.
G. H. Ismon,
Elec. Dist.
J. A. Britton,
Jr.,
Gas Dept.
C.Thomi>son,
Gas Dept.
Wm. HuKhes,
O.&M.Dept.
C. W. Larue,
Elec. Dist.
B. A. Dixon,
Gas Dept.
M. O. Briggs,
Elec. Dist.
H. M. Ander-
son,
Elec. Dist.
L. A. Fulton,
Gas Dept.
Cowles
Ismon
6/0 6/0
6/0 6/3
Ismon
Hughes
3/6 6/1 6/2
6/3 6/1
Hughes
Hughe
6/1 6/2
Dixon
6/1 8/6
Fulton
8/4 6/0
2/6 6/3 6/r
Dixon
«/3 6/2
Winner on
team. Loser
plays odd
man for
second place
on team.
Cowles beat
Dixon
«/2 6/1
.Pacific Service Magazine
91
The San Francisco Districtlhas held a hot
and furious contest, from which E. M. Szcze-
panski and E. A. Rogers of the O. & M. Dept.
have emerged victorious. Both players are
"going good" and great faith and hope are
placed in these two by the San Francisco Dis-
trict. The results of these tryouts are herein
transmitted.
E. H. Corbett
l6/? 3/6 6/1
E. A. Rogers 1
E. A. Dunne j
C. H. Delanyl
Rogers
5/1
Rogers
J. E. Fitzpat- \-
rick I
_J
[C. H. Delany
B/3 6/-1
6/4 6/1
It might be here stated that Alameda County
put up a fine exhibition of tennis, since their
opponents are among the top-notch players in
the Company.
The San Francisco head office brought forth
some fast players. Jack Dodge barely lost to
Bob Monroe after a hard, gruelling three-set
match in which Jack forced Bob to cover every
corner of the court as well as the middle. Last
year Bob lost by a very close score to Verne
Jones in the final round of the Pacific Gas &
Electric Tournament. Cleve Steele had an
easier time in his half, though the scores do not
indicate the closeness of play. K. I. Dazey is
improving in his game wonderfully and should
give a good account of himself in the handicap
tournament later on. H. C. Vensano has not
been practicing much of late, but we expect to
see him in fine shape shortly. W. G. Vincent
was forced to default, otherwise a game between
Steele and him would have been close and
interesting.
On Saturday, July 8th, the San Francisco
District team met and conquered the Alameda
County team on the Oakland courts. The San
Francisco boys were en-
tertained royally, both
socially and on the courts.
The play was close, as
may be judged from the
following scores:
Szczepanski beat Cowles
3/6 6/1 8/6
Rogers beat Hughes
6/2 5/7 6/4
Rogers and Szczepanski
beat Cowles and Hughes
6/2 6/4
Reading left to right: (1> > V ' ' ' ' V, ' ' ' " ' ^"'"'*
Tennis champions nf "Parilir Scrvu
92
Paqfic Service Magazine
The schedule of play was as follows:
I. C. Frickstad 1 Frickstad
A. L. Trowbridge >
Bates
P. M. Downing
Bates
E. E. Dodge
R. A. Monroe
G. M. Thomas
P. Bucher
E. B. Henley
S. E. Carpenter
K. I. Dazey
I. G. Steele
E. J. Beckett
H. G. Vensano
R. Kindifc
W. G. Vincent
J 6/4 5/7 8/6|
Bates J 6/4 4/6 6/31
6/3 6/3
Monroe
6/3 3/6 9/7
Thomas
Monroe
6/2 6/2
Garpenter
6/4 6/8 7/5|
Steele
6/2 6/1
Beckett
1
7, '5 6/4
Vincent
6/3 6/0
Steele
6/2 6/1
Beckett
Default
Winner
Monroe
6/0 6/3
Winner
Steele
Default
l6/0
6/3 6/1
San Jose has chosen a worthy team in E. O.
Erbentraut and R. E. Richards. Both men
have had considerable play on the Naglee Park
courts in San Jose.
This team, on Saturday, July 8th, beat the
Redwood District team composed of Mr. Watson
and Mr. Dashiell. The games were close and
well played.
Erbentraut beat Dashiell. ... 6/3 Q/i
Richards beat Watson 6/3 1/6 6/3
Erbentraut and Richards beat
Dashiell and Watson 6/4 6/0
The San Francisco Head Office team has
already played Nevada, Drimi and Placer, and
won after several "hot" sets. It was agreed
with San Francisco District to play one team
from Drum and one team from Nevada, so all
could be represented. After both teams were
beaten by San Francisco, the Nevada team look
their revenge by defeating the Dnmi District
team in doubles 6/1 6/0.
Dan Stewart and Ralph Avers of Nevada
gave Monroe and Steele a hard match in doubles
and with a little practice would make an excellent
team. Emmett Britton and M. P. Lohse of
Drum were a trifle off their game. An enthu-
siastic crowd watched these matches and much
applause was in evidence.
The result of plays were as follows:
San Francisco Head Office vs. Nevada District:
Monroe beat Stewart 6/0 6/1
Steele beat Aver 6/2 6/1
Monroe and Steele beat Stewart
and Aver 6/'4 6/3
San Francisco Head Office vs. Drum District:
Monroe beat Britton 6/0 6/1
Steele beat Lohse 6/0 6/1
Nevada District vs. Drum District (Exhibition
Match):
Stewart and Aver beat Britton and
Lohse 6/1 6/0
The Santa Rosa-Napa-Petalimia team is
composed of C. Reuss of Santa Rosa and J. M.
Mayfield of Napa. Petaluma did not enter any
players. The following men entered the tryout:
Santa Rosa — R. E. Squires, E. R. Harris,
Terrey R. Jump, C. Reuss, L. Young, P. B.
Hanson.
Napa— J. M. Mayfield, C. D. Clark, W. R.
Snow.
Next year the Santa Rosa and Napa District
will probably enter separate teams, as they have
considerable talent.
On Saturday, July 6th, Santa Rosa-Napa
team played and defeated the Solano District
team, composed of our Manager C. E. Sedgwick
and Earl Morgan. These matches were closely
contested notwithstanding the scores shown.
Ruess and Mayfield beat Sedgwick
and Morgan 6/0 6/1
Ruess beat Morgan 6/4 6/1
Mayfield beat Sedgwick 6/1 6/4
Saturday afternoon, July 15, the San Fran-
cisco Head Office team journeyed to Palo Alto
and encountered the attack of the San Jose Dis-
trict team on the Stanford University teimis
courts. The San Jose boys put up a splendid
fight. A worthy contingent of rooters spurred
the boys on during the play. Richards of San
Jose, tendered his hospitality as an ex-Stanford
student by arranging for dressing quarters at
Encinal Hall. "Jack" Dodge played in "Bob"
Monroes place, the latter being away on his va-
cation, and he certa'iJy played "some" game.
The matches were all closer than the scores
indicate.
The results of the play were as follows:
Dodge beat Erbentraut 6/1 6/3
Steele beat Richards 6/4 6/1
Dodge and Steele beat Erben-
traut and Richards 6/2 6/3
We are all watching you, boys, so go right
after your opp)onents and win. Your results
will appear in the next issue of Pacific Service
Magazine.
The Committee.
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PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas
Water (Domestic)
Railway
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75.000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75.000
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMP.\NY:
Place Population
'.Alameda 28.000
^Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
»-«Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
'Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
•-•Auburn 2,500
•Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2.400
«Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
•Burlingame . . . 3,000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15,000
•Colfax 850
'Colma 1,800
^Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
»- "Colati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City ... . 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1.100
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
'Durham 300
•-'Dutch Flat. . . 750
'Eldridge 5U0
Elmira 350
«E1 Verano. . . 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks ....
'Felton
Folsom
'Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
'Gilroy
'Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley . .
'Gridley
Grimes
'Groveland ....
'Guerneville. . .
Hammonton. .
'Hay ward
'Hillsborough. .
'HoUister
•- 'lone
Irvington
'- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
Population
3.000
ing.
'Larkspur
• 'Lincoln
Live Oak
•Livermore. . . .
•Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. ..
Milpitas
Mission San
J ose
MokelumneHill
250
250
900
300
300
2.000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1.800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2.800
1,000
800
2.250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2.500
6,600
1.050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
Place
'Morgan Hill. .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
'- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
'Novato
Population
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
sOakland 215,000
Oakley .
'Occidental. . . .
Pacheco
-"Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
'Pike City
'Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
■ 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1.500
1.000
3.000
16.000
1.000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560,000
'.Sanjose 45,000
'San Juan.
'San Leandro. .
San Lorenzo . .
•San Martin. . .
'San M ateo
'S.an Pablo . . . .
'San Quentin. .
'San Rafael
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2,500
6,000
'ace Population
'Santa Clara... 6,000
'Santa Cruz .. . 13.600
'Santa Rosa. . . 11,500
Saratoga 300
Sausalito 2,750
'Sebastopol .... 1,850
'Shellville 200
Sheridan 250
Smartsville . . . 300
'Soquel 400
^Sonoma 1,250
'South San
Francisco... 3,200
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity 2,600
'Stege 600
-'Stockton 35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
■'Vallejo 12,500
Suisun.
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . .
Sutter City. .
'Sutter Creek.
Tiburon
•Tres Pinos. . .
'Vaca ville .
'Vineburg .
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
'Watson ville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City. . . .
200
600
200
6.000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns. . 1.335, .?83
Add Suburban
Population.. 381.511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1.716.894
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Standard Underground Gable Go vii
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co v
Wells F'argo Nevada Nat. Rank. 1st page cover
Welsbach Company viii
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California v
Westinghouse Electric vSi Mfg. Co ix
While, J. G., Kngineering Corporation vii
Wood, R. D., & Co iv
"Piiciflc- Scrviic" i.s now iiislalltd in lianjlsonic new hciuliiuaitcrs adjacent to the old odke
building at 115 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VIII
AUGUST, 1916
No. 3
Phenomenal Growth of 'Pacific Service:
Revealed in New Headquarters
at San Francisco
By R. J. CANTRELL, Property Agent
' 13 ACIFIC SERVICE" is now completely
JL installed in its elegant new home.
On the south side of Sutter Street, near
Powell, in San Francisco, adjacent to
the building which has been its head-
quarters since 1909, an imposing nine-
story building bears witness to the growth
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
in the ten years that have elapsed since
the present organization has been incor-
porated.
The fact that a new building has been
in process of construction is not news to
readers of Pacific Service Magazine. But
now that a long-felt want has been filled,
a description of our new home may not
prove unwelcome.
The building was designed by Mr. Ed-
gar A. Mathews, a well-known architect of
San Francisco. It is of Class "A" con-
struction, and covers a ground area of 45
feet 6 inches by 137 feet 6 inches. The
frame is of steel with brick curtain walls
and concrete roof. The floors are of
concrete. Every window in the build-
ing is fitted with wired glass and steel
sashes. In a word the building is fire-
proof throughout. The Sutter Street, or
front, elevation, as shown by the accom-
panying illustration, is extremely hand-
some and may be classed among the really
beautiful exteriors that adorn the city
that is. The architectural style portrays
the character and spirit of early Italian,
with a touch here and there of Byzantine,
Romanesque and Renaissance motifs. An
unusual and particular feature is the high
Florentine cornice in polychrome; this
portion, as, also, the remainder of the
upper part of the facade is treated in
temperate use of colors in dull gold, reds
and blue. The building is faced with
varying shades of warm gray and light
buff brick, slightly roughened to a given
texture with a resultant mellow tone, and
the trimmings are matt glazed terra cotta
to match.
The entire exterior and interior treat-
ment is dignified and thoroughly in keep-
ing with the business-like methods of our
corporation, conveying the general idea
that in the construction of an office build-
ing there should be no wasteful extrava-
gance in overloading the ornamentation
and other possible costly features.
The differential in grade between the
old and new building, due to the slope
of Sutter Street, has been equalized in the
first story of the new building, so that all
floors from the second story up are on
the same level. The first floor of this
building is reached through a vestibule
entrance from Sutter Street with heavy
bronze swinging doors on the street line,
and lighter oak doors on the inner line
of the vestibule.
The floor in the space provided for the
public is of "Tennessee" pink with "Napo-
leon" gray marble borders. The main
ceiling is 19 feet 6 inches high, and beau-
tifully decorated with plaster of Paris or-
naments, and treated in a very delicate
cream effect with a beautiful and pleasing
result — plain and at the same time very
refined and artistic. The walls to a height
of eight feet are covered with "Taver-
nelle" marble. The counters and counter
screens are of light "Tavernelle" marble
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with bronze window settings. The ele-
vator fronts and staircase to the second
lloor are also of bronze.
The illumination is supplied through a
specially designed method of semi-indi-
rect lighting from seventeen fixtures, hav-
ing the appearance of Byzantine baskets
suspended from the ceiling, which pro-
duces a warm glow in lighting this entire
floor without any glaring effect.
The general otlices are fitted up in oak
— gray in color, and all furniture in these
oflices has been especially made, and car-
ries the same color scheme. The offices
of the Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
in the rear are finished in dark mahogany,
and the furniture speciallv made to match.
All floor space, with the exception of that
devoted to the public, is covered with
one-half inch cork, to avoid noise and
also to provide a soft and easy walking
surface.
A vault 14 feet by 28 feet, with a mez-
zanine, has been provided for the benefit
of the Secretary and his departments.
The vault is equipped throughout with the
latest improved time lock, steel coin safes,
and with steel compartments for the filing
of office records. The other floors in this
new building are generally typical in ar-
rangement. The corridors are floored
with mosaic. The baseboards are marble.
All office floors are covered with one-
quarter inch battleship linoleum. The par-
i%m
nl.l li( ;ii|(|u;ii l( IS cii' tin- Sail Francisco Oas and Klcctric (Company at 115 Post Street.
Pacific Service Magazine
97
titions are con-
structed of steel,
wire lath, hard
wall plaster, and
are painted with
three coats of flat
wall paint. The
interior finish is
of oak, with wire
glass in transoms
and doors com-
municating with
flic corridors.
A steel staircase
extends from the
first to the ninth
floor front, and a
steel staircase
also extends from
the second floor
to the roof of the
building in the
rear. These stair-
cases avoided the
necessity for fire
escapes, and al-
lowed for the
beautiful Sutter
Street exterior de-
sign which would
not have been
possible had a
fire escape been
incorporated therein. Record storage
vaults in the basement, first, second and
third floors are 14 feet by 28 feet, with
smaller vaults, 14 feet by 18 feet, on each
floor, including the ninth. These vaults
arc constructed of steel, brick and tile,
with double vestibule doors, afi"ording the
best of fire protection for the company's
records. They are equipped with steel
filing cabinets throughout, and with trav-
eling ladders from which the higher
shelves can be easily reached.
Extending from the basement into the
eighth floor are two latest design high-
speed passenger elevators. There is also
a sidewalk elevator into the basement.
All floors from the second to the ninth
iire properly heated by steam through the
Front elevation of "Pacific Service" building, 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
latest design steel radiators. Lavatories
throughout the building and a number of
private offices are supplied with both hot
and cold water. A vacuum cleaning sys-
tem has been installed in the basement of
the new building with suitable pipe con-
nections to each floor in both the old and
new buildings, as an assistance to perfect
janitor service.
The operating force of the new and old
buildings, which are handled as one, con-
sists of a building superintendent, two
house mechanics, five elevator operators,
watchman and sixteen janitors.
Both direct and indirect electric serv-
ice has been brougiit into the building,
to the main switchboard in the basement
and distributed to panel boards located
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Offlcos in the new "Pnciflc Service" hiiildinR. Heading top to bottom, left to right: Assistant
Treasurer .los. (".. I.ove, Auditor M. H. Bridges, Secretary D. H. Foote, all on main floor;
Drafting Department, ninth floor; Auditing Department, third floor.
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99
on each floor. Every room throughout
the building has been provided with
base pUigs, carrying both A. C. and D. C.
current for the convenient operation of
adding machines, addressographs, and
all appliances requiring electricity. All
wiring in this building, similar to that
in the old building, is run in approved
metal conduit.
The corridors and every room have
been provided with especially designed
fixtures, semi-indirect, which afford the
most perfect illumination conceivable,
eliminate entirely all shadows, and are
toned through a special color scheme to
absolutely destroy any glare that might
be detrimental to the eyesight.
The Drafting Department has been
provided with special fixtures different
from the rest of the building, toned to
match the especial demands of that de-
partment.
In addition to the electric lighting
provided, gas has been piped to every
room in the building, and the Gas En-
gineering Department is being entirely
lighted by gas through beautiful spe-
cially designed gas fixtures.
The offices of the Secretary and As-
sistant Treasurer on the first floor, also
the private office of chief engineer of
the Gas Department, seventh floor, are
provided with fireplaces, and will be
heated by the latest improved gas grates.
In the center area between the two
buildings is a large light well with sky-
lights over the first floor similar to the
skylights on the east and west sides of
the old and new buildings, providing
for ample light into all offices.
The main Telephone Department of
the company has been removed from the
old building, and a space 14 feet by 42
feet set aside, in which room a five-
panel multiple switchboard of the latest
design has been installed; and adjoining
this room there is also a smaller room,
suitably furnished with gas stove and
running water, used as a rest room for
the nine telephone operators who han-
dle this main switchboard.
Main floor plan of the new "Paciflc Service"
building, San Francisco.
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(.:ishirr's oHicc on tlic main Hour, near tlic cutraiK
This departiut'iit has never ceased oper-
ation day or night, Sundays or holidays,
since its creation after the fire of 1906.
It has grown from a one-panel board to
one of five panels, with i)rovision made
for additional panels as future require-
ments may dictate. This board is tied in
through transbay cables and aerial lines
with every power liouse, substation, gas
works, all district and branch offices, the
homes of all managers, superintendents,
inspectors, troublemen, and practically
every employee in the operating depart-
ments of the entire system. The day
sliift operators work from 8.00 a. m. to
5.00 p.m., witli a recess mornings and
afternoons, and the night and holiday
shifts are provided for through relief
operators who fill in during tliese periods.
Hvery room is provided with service
through this main switchboard, and sev-
eral departments have sub-switchboards
with trunks to the main switchboard; and
some departments, in addition, are sup-
plied with inter-communicating telephone
systems of different kinds which best
meet their wants. All telephone wiring
tliroughout the building is run in metal
conduit.
A specially arranged pipe and wire
shaft extends from the basement through
the building, in which is run plumbing,
steam heat, hot and cold water pipes,
electric and telephone conduits, which
branch off at each floor to their final des-
tinations. Each floor is protected from
fire by a hose line of sufficient length to
reach any office, and a 3-gallon chemical
fire extinguisher located in small cup-
boards in the corridors. The communi-
cating doors between the new and old
building in the basement, first and sixth
floor levels, and one opening, sixth floor
level rear, are provided with approved
fire doors, in order to cut each building
off from the other, should a fire occur.
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In order to provide a suitable lunch and
rest room for the employees of the com-
pany, the originally contemplated rest
room on the ninth floor of the new build-
ing having been absorbed by the Draft-
ing Department, our Vice-President and
General Manager has now approved plans
for a suitable rest room on the roof of
the old building. This rest room will be
arranged in three separate compartments,
in one of which will be installed a suf-
ficient number of gas hot plates upon
which to make tea, coffee, etc.; one
equipped with suitable sinks with hot
and cold water service, and small lockers
in which the employees may store their
luncheon services. The third room will
be a large dining and rest room con-
structed of brick, steel truss roof, covered
with hi-rib roofing, and three sides of the
room constructed of metal glass sash,
which will allow for sunlight and suit-
able ventilation. This rest room is in-
tended for all-year service, and will also
be supplied with ample heating facilities.
The new ofTice building as now ar-
ranged, cares for:
The Secretary, Assistant Treasurer,
Stock and Bond Transfer, Stock Sales,
and Cashier's de-
partments on the
first floor.
The second
floor is occupied
by the Purchasing
and main Audit-
ing departments,
about equally di-
vided.
The third floor
is occupied en-
tirely by the Au-
diting Depart-
ment.
The fourth floor
by General Agent,
main telephone
switchboard, and
offices of the
Property Agent.
by Claims, Publicity, Law Department,
and the Law, Gas Association and James
H. Wise libraries.
The sixth floor by Second Vice-Presi-
dent and Treasurer, Assistant Purchasing
Agent, New Business, Rate, and Commer-
cial departments.
The seventh floor by Land, Gas, and
Electrical Distribution departments.
The eighth floor by Construction Engi-
neers and Chief Engineer of the Hydro-
Electric Section.
The ninth floor by Drafting Depart-
ment. The basement by superintendent
of the building, house mechanics, and
Stationery, Storage and Distributing de-
partments.
Now to trace the growth of "Pacific
Service" by its various headquarters. In
October, 1905, when the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company was organized, its pred-
ecessor, the California Gas and Electric
Corporation, occupied all the oflices on
the sixth floor of the Rialto Building,
New Montgomery and Mission streets, San
Francisco. In January 1906, it was found
necessary, owing to the acquisition of the
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
bv the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
The fifth floor
KulraiU'c to "I'ai-ific Scrvicf" ))iiil(liiiK, showiiif? tlic i-oniiiKxiioiis elevators.
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to remove to the
sixtli and seventh
floors of the
Shreve Building.
The San Fran-
cisco Gas and
Electric Company
when acquired,
occupied the four
story building in
415 Post Street, a
picture of which
is given herewith.
In addition to the
main office of
w hat is no w
known as the San
Francisco D i s-
trict, there were
also branch of-
fices in 1131 Polk
Street, 2905 Six-
teenth Street, 500 Haight Street, 420 Pre-
sidio Avenue, 1260 Ninth Avenue, a China-
town branch in 1428 Stockton Street, and
1007 Grant Avenue.
The company's offices in the Shreve
Building were destroyed, as, also, the
main district office in Post Street, and
fhe branch offices in 1428 Stockton Street,
1007 Grant Avenue and 1131 Polk Street,
in the conflagration of April, 1906. The
first office of the company subsequent
to the fire was established in the resi-
dence of Secretary C. W. Conlisk at Oak
and Broderick streets. The business of
the San Francisco District was handled
through the Haight Street and other re-
maining branch offices. The third week
after the fire temporary offices were se-
cured by the Secretary at 324 Haight
Street. In the latter part of April, liMlO,
offices were rented in the southeast cor-
ner of O'Farrell and Franklin streets, in
which the Law Department was located,
and about May 1st the Secretary and
other officials established themselves in
1100 O'Farrell Street, corner of Franklin.
.lune 15, 1906, a lease was secured of
the Sacred Heart ('onvent building, 925
stock and bond transfer counter, nuiin il'
Franklin Street, corner of Ellis, and the
general offices of the company, and the
several departments of the San Francisco
District in the Haight Street office, were
established therein, and remained in that
location until August, 1909. In the fall
of 1907, all branch offices of the San
Francisco District were closed out, and
all business of the district was transacted
through 925 Franklin Street.
In the summer of 1908 it was consid-
ered advisable to remove the company's
general ofTices to a more central location,
and the property at 445 Sutter Street hav-
ing been acquired by the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company through its purchase
of the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company it was determined to build a
general office building to be devoted to
fhe uses of the head office departments
of the company, and also in which to
locate the district offices. The first plans
for this new office building were laid out
for four stories and basement, but the
growth of the company at that time was
so rapid that before the final plans were
approved it was found that six floors and
a basement would be necessary.
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The company removed to this build-
ing in August, 1909. The first floor
was arranged as a public ollice for
the San Francisco District. The sec-
ond floor cared for the local Auditing
and Bookkeeping departments. The
four top floors were arranged for the
accommodation of the general oflices
of the parent company, which depart-
ments at that time consisted of the Vice-
President and General Manager, Assistant
General Manager, Gas Engineering, Draft-
ing, Commercial, and Construction de-
partments on the sixth floor.
Engineer of Hydro-Electric Section, En-
gineer of Steam Section, Engineer of Elec-
tric Distribution, Land, and Law depart-
ments were located on the fifth floor.
The Second Vice-President and Treas-
urer, Secretary, Cashier, and main Audit-
ing departments were on the fourth floor.
Tax, Claims, Property Agent's and Pur-
chasing departments were on the third
floor. The rear half of this floor was de-
voted to a large assembly room. In 1910
this assembly room was partitioned ofl"
into oflices. It was also necessary to re-
move the collectors of the San Francisco
District out of the rear of the first floor,
and establish them in the basement.
In April, 1911, due to congestion at 445
Sutter Street, the Tax and Claims depart-
ments were removed to the Pacific Build-
ing, Fourth and Market streets. No-
vember, 1912, owing to a further con-
gestion in 445 Sutter Street, due to
the rapid growth of the San Francisco
District and all head oflice depart-
ments, and the creation of additional
departments, such as the New Busi-
ness, Assistant Purchasing Agent, and
Publicity departments, the company
leased the entire eighth and ninth
floors in the Grant Building, Seventh
and Market streets, to which location
all of the head engineering depart-
ments, together with the Claims and
Tax departments out of the Pacific
Building, were removed. Subse-
(luenlly, about April 1, 1914, it be-
came necessary- to acquire a portion
'lypif
upper story plan,
liuildiiig.
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of the sixth floor in the Grant Building,
and remove the Land, Commercial and
Publicity departments therein.
In August, 1914, a Stock and Bond
Transfer Department was organized, to-
gether with a Stock Sales Department,
and the Property Agent and Purchasing
departments were removed to 420 and
422 Sutter Street, opposite the main of-
fices. The San Francisco District, mean-
while, had organized an Industrial Engi-
neering Department, which was also lo-
cated at 422 Sutter Street.
Owing to the scattered locations of the
different departments of the company,
and resultant inconvenience, in the sum-
mer of 1915 it was decided to erect a
new eight-story and basement, Class "A,"
office building on the property to the
west and adjoining the old office building
at 445 Sutter Street. Provision was made
for an employees' rest room across the
Sutter Street front of this new building,
in reality creating a ninth floor. By the
first of March, however, when the top
floors of the new building were nearing
completion, all departments had grown
in the interval to such an extent that the
rest room was absorbed and converted
into a drafting room for the main Draft-
ing Department. The rear half of the
sixth floor of the new building was set
aside as an assembly hall. This hall was
also partitioned off into oflices.
March 1, 191G, several of the engineer-
ing departments were removed from the
(Irant Building into the new building, and
from that time to date the general office
departments of the company have been
gradually removed, the last to come in
being the offices of the Second Vice-Presi-
dent and Treasurer, which took posses-
sion August 1st.
Since August, 1909, the general office
departments and the San I'rancisco Dis-
trict have expanded so rapidly that the
entire old building at 445 Sutter Street,
with the exception of the rear half of the
sixth floor, where the offices of the Vice-
President and General Manager are lo-
cated, has now been given over to local
offices.
Some idea of this growth can be de-
rived from the following tabulation :
April 1, 1906, floor space about 33,418
square feet.
Building in 445 Sutter Street, 109,654
square feet.
The total number of employees, includ-
ing statement takers, collectors, solicitors,
etc., now working out of 445 Sutter Street,
is 800.
The Man Who Fails
The man who fails is the sort of a chap He's on the job when he draws his pay;
Who is always looking around for a snap; That done, he soldiers his time away;
Who neglects his work to regard the While the men who tackle their jobs with
clock; vim
Who nevei- misses a chance to knock. Keep pushing and climbing ahead of him.
He is grouchy and slow when work be- For the man who fails has himself to
gins; blame
When it's time to quit, he jokes and grins. If he wastes his chances and misses his
He's always as busy as busy can be aim;
When he thinks the boss is around to He'd win if he'd use his hands and wits;
see. The man who fails is the man who quits.
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105
JAMES NOLAN
JOHN A. BRITTON
GEORGE KIRK
Pioneers of the gas industry in Alameda County. Each wears the
badge indicating upwards of forty years' service with the Company.
The 'Pacific Service' Roll of Honor
PACIFIC SERVICE" now has a roll
of honor, with long and faithful
service the only requisite for place there-
on. The distribution of service badges
among employees, under the plan an-
nounced by letter from the President's
oflice and set forth in the columns of Pa-
cific Service Magazine, has taken place,
and all employees who can boast of ten
years' service and upward are proudly
wearing the button of distinction.
The lirst ceremony of the kind took
place on June 10th, at Pinehurst, in the
woods back of Oakland, when the em-
ployees of the Alameda County District
held their annual picnic. The occasion
was a two-fold one, for it celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the
Oakhuid Clas Light Company from which
sprang what is now known as the Ala-
meda County District of "Pacific Service."
Those who attended had the pleasure of
seeing our Vice-President and General
Manager, Mr. John A. Britton, take his
stand on the rostrum between two other
men wlio, like him, sported the three-
diamond decoration upon the "Pacific
Service" emblem which testified to a
service of upwards of forty years.
At a dinner in San Francisco the fol-
lowing week the distribution of service
badges among heads of departments and
head office employees took place. Since
then the various districts have held gath-
erings for the purpose. And now it is
our great pleasure to publish the "Pacific
Service" roll of honor as it stands today.
It contains the following five hundred
and thirty-two names:
Employees in the service forty years or
over: John A. Britton, R. J. Courtier, Jas.
Cunningham, Jas. Kingston, Geo. Kirk, J.
Nolan, E. E. Roenig, Dan Toland.
Employees in the service from thirty-
five to thirty-nine years inclusive: John
Keenan, Pat. Kennedy, John McCIoskey,
Jas. McKay, Jas. O'Donnell, Pat. Rodden.
Employees in the service from thirty to
thirty-four years inclusive : Jas. F. Brady,
Jas. Buckley, J. D. Butler, Thos. Clasby,
Chas. Collum, Frank Crawford, J. J. Cun-
ningham, Tim Curran, Bernard Curtis,
Mike Dearmody, Antone Depauli, Jas.
Donovan, J. H. Donovan, John Dueschle,
Thos. Fraser, J. J. Gallagher, Wm. Galvin,
Mike Gorman, J. A. Hainan, Sanuiel Hertz,
Jas. Kane, Jerry Keohane, Martin Leon-
ard, Robert E. Linder, W. F. Loughlan,
E. B. Meservey, W. E. Meservey, J. J.
Mulgrew, W. G. Plate, Geo. Smedley, J.
Smoother, J. W. Thomas, John Trant.
Employees in the service from twenty-
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five to twenty-nine years inclusive: E. J.
Angelo, Chas. L. Barrett, David Barnes,
W. J. Bowler, A. C. Beck, J. Belford, W. E.
Blakely, Jolin J. Bresslin, Patrick Byron,
A. B. Chapman, Thos. Cummins, Wm.
Henry Dean, John Doherty, Otto Daniel
l)ruf,'e, Tlios. L. Ellliott, Patrick Finnegan,
Jas. Geekie, F. S. Gray, Barney Harr, E.
W. Horton, W. Hughes, C. E. Holt, Harry
Kavanaugh, J. Kearney, E. C. Jones, R. J.
Lucey, Joiin Lynch, I). McCarthy, Sam.
Alex. McCrary, Chas. \Vm. McKillip, C. T.
McSharry, R. ^V. Miller, J. B. Moran, Felix
Mulvenna, Martin Murphy, J. C, Murphy,
Patrick O'Donnell, Pat. Qualters, D. B.
Rickey, Thos. W. Rollett, Pete Smith, W.
D. Smith, Granville C. Snider, John L.
Sullivan, J. P. Sullivan, Wm. Edgar Town-
send, O. F. Welling, A. A. Whitfield.
Employees in the service from twenty
to twenty-four years inclusive: Welling-
ton Baker, M. BischofT, Robt. B. Bowman,
Chas. Brown, Peter Burkhout, A. H. Bur-
nett, Allen Wm. Casselman, Samuel Car-
son, Chas. Ed. Catlett, H. S. Cleveland,
J. Chrysostomo, Jos. Wm. Coppin, Sol.
Dunton, Thos. Dunnigan, Wm. Eckhardt,
Chas. R. Egelly, Chas. T. Ferguson, Jas.
Fitzpatrick, Jas. E. Fitzpatrick, E. T.
Floyd, Elmer E. Greeley, J. P. Haley, La-
fayette Halterman, F. Henderson, A. L.
ililtenbrand, Nicholas J. Hullin, W. S.
Hyde, Frank Davis Jackson, Chas. Joy,
L L. Kendig, Jacob Chas. Kerns, Geo. A.
Klewish, A. J. Klung, Zeno Kutschker,
Wm. Erwin Lininger, Chas. H. Lusk, Ben
Lundy, Mike Lyons, Thos. M. Madden,
Ikrscliel B. Mathews, Alexander McDon-
ald, Michael McGuire, John McLsaac, A. G.
Mitchler, H. N. Mosher, Howard L. Mott,
John J. Murphy, Jas. O'Brien, Jas. Wm.
O'dell, F. E. Oldis, J. H. Pape, W. Harry
Parsons, A. J. Perry, Wm. Peterson, Ed.
.Morgan Pitt, J. E. Poingdestre, J. Powell,
W. G. Rountree, Fred. Geo. Sommers, Dan
Stewart, Henry Sena, Thos. Frank Tuke,
A. T. Tunley, W. F. Taylor, H. Weber,
L. A. Welch, John T. Williams, John
White, Ed. Alex. Wright.
Employees in the service from fifteen
to nineteen years inclusive: L B. Adams,
Gus Anderson, A. M. Ballard, Warren C.
Bauman, Louis B. Beach, Henry Bear-
wald, C. H. Becker, H. T. Bennett, A. U.
Brandt, Fred Bremer, Neil Breslin, F.
Britton, Geo. Brown, W. H. Bulson, J. W.
Burge, Thos. Burke, J. E. Calvert, J. C.
Carmody, Steve Carmod}-, Forrest Cleve-
land, Peter Conlon, Wal. H. Cohick, Ar-
thur Ed. Coppin. Miss C. E. Cosgrove,
Chas. H. Cowell, Rob. P. Craddock, W. L
Crossett, Harry Davey, Jackson L. Dennis,
Wm. Henry Derr, O. D. Dewey, Jas. J.
Dickson, Geo. Dixon, Harry Donohue, C.
A. Eastwood, F. G. Ensinger, Robt. Er-
skine, W. C. Finely, Chas. E. Fish, E. W.
Florence, B. Fromberg, F. R. George, R.
Green, Francis J. Griffin, J. W. Hall, L, H.
Hartsock, J. F. Hathaway, Jas. D. Hart-
nott, Fred Hodes, Geo. C. Holberton, M. J.
Hickey, Thos. Parley Hugill, David Jones,
F. C. Jones, John Klutz, F. Krieger, Miss
Minnie Lane, C. E. Larabee, F. A. Leach,
Jr., L H. Linn, Jos. C. Love, Tim. Lynch,
Dennis E. Madden, Evan Magnuson, Z. B.
McAuley, L. McGuffin, M. McQuire, Paul
Mitchell, E. H. Mielenz, Jos. Mini, Jr., P.
J. Morrin, R. R. Morrison, Le Roy Moore,
Miss M. M. Murphy, Neal McArthur, Lee
H. Newbert, Frank O'Brien, J. J. O'Brien,
W. M. Osborne, Chas. Alex. Otto, W. E.
Owens, C. B. Porter, D. C. Ray, Jacob
Reinhart, Wal. Crawford Renfro, Chas.
Rice, D. Riordan, G. Robertson, Franklin
D. Rollins, C. L. Royat, A. Satterthwait,
Geo. Scarfe, Dennis Singleton, Chris
Skow, C. W. Smith, Wm. Henry Smith,
Geo. Snow, L. L Spangler, Geo. N. Stroh,
W. B. Steele, Alfred Sylvester, R. J. Tre-
maine, Wm. John Waites, Jas. Ward, Jas.
Thos. Wardlow, John King White, Miss L.
I). Wood. ■
Employees in the service from ten to
fourteen years inclusive: Frank Affleck,
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Gus Anderson, Melvin Samuel Anderson,
L. Arnificld, Geo Arnold, Geo Milton At-
wood, R. H. Aver, F. G. Baum, F. G. Bart-
lett. Miss Ethel L. Batelle, W. B. Barry,
Jos. Beer, Rosario Jos. Belisle, \V. H. \V.
Biers, R. Riven, M. Bone, B. W. Borchers,
Wm. B, Bosley, Henry Bostwick, Carl
Bouschin, Geo. Bowers, G. H. Bragg, Wm,
Brodt, J. Bryan, E. S. Burdick, J. E. Bur-
gess, E. D. Burkhead, Leon D. Burlingame,
M. Burns, Frank Burton, J. F, Butler,
Richard Butler, Bernard Burke, Eugene
H. Bush, T. J. Burk, H. D. Cahill, R. J.
Cantrell, Jas. H. Carr, Jas. Pro. Carrico,
C. R. Cathcart, Wm. Calvin, E. E, Christy,
R. H. Chapman, Albert Perry Clark, Clar-
ence D. Clark, J. Clements, A. J. Coleman,
J. Colgctt, Chas. Colman, Geo. Abel Col-
well, C. E. Comstock, Chas. Cone, Arthur
Earl Cook, J. W. Coons, Herbert M. Coop-
er, T. M. Cooper, C. Cope, Chas. Cottini,
T. Cox, Ed. Crane, Wm. Creedon, Roy E.
Grossman, W. E. Dawson, Lafayette Derr,
A. F. Derrick, Robt. Dickson, A. M. Doll,
Jas. Hailstone Donald, Robt. E. Donohue,
Geo. L. Donovan, Miss J. E. Doub, P. M.
Downing, W. J. Driscoll, F. G. Drum, Ed.
Chas. Dunning, Chas. Dugan, Tim Dugan,
F. J. Eichler, Frank Ellis, George Ellis,
Prosper Erauw, W. E. Eskew, Ormand Ir-
vin Evans, J. H. Fagg, Robert Finley, A.
E. Flagg, D. H. Foote, Wallace H. Foster,
Y. Frederickson, R. F. Free, G. B. Furniss,
Thos. Gately, A. Gear, R. W. Geisenhofer,
Clyde Ross Gill, Jos. Ginsberg, A. Glavin,
Ira Morrell Graham, Hugh Wm. Grant, D.
J. Gray, W. T. Greenwalt, Chas. W. Grif-
fith, R. Grimwood, W. J. Habenicht, Mait-
land G. Hall, H. H. Hallett, Robt. H. Har-
greaves, Isaac M. Hastings, Geo. Haven,
T. W. Hawley, Wm. B. Haynie, A. L. Har-
ris, C. S. Henderson, E. B. Henley, H. B.
Heryford, G. A. Higley, W. C. Hildbrand,
Geo. Hillman, W. A. Hipkins, J. C. Hitch-
cock, John Hotaling, A. J. Hocken, Wm.
Ed. HockderfFer, Wm. Hogarty, Geo. Alex.
Hocker, John H. Hunt, Leo Imahorn, J.
W. JefTers, A. S. Johnson, E. C. Johnson,
Ed. Carl Johnson, Fred Johnson, Ed.
Stratton Jones, H. E. Jones, W. T. Jones,
J. Chas. Jordan, W. E. Kelly, N. Frank
Kenworthy, Jas. Kennedy, Ben Emil Kinz,
John J. Klein, J. 0. Klewish, Jos. Klimek,
W. H. Kline, O. A. Knopp, L. H. Krill,
John D. Kuster, John Lawlor, J. T, Lema,
A. G. Lewis, J. Lind, S. J. Lisberger, W.
M. Lonigan, J. M. Lowe, Wal. Rufus Lusk,
Lewis E. Luther, Miss G. J. Lyman, Pat.
Lyons, Michael Lynch, Steve Machara, E.
O. Mahoney, J. R. Malley, Jas. Martin, Jess
Martin, Chas. R. Maxfield, Frank G. Max-
field, J. D. McCarthy, A. B. McDonald,
Chas. T. McKenzie, Hugh McMenamin,
Frank McCormick, Jas. McCool, L. A. Mel-
bourne, Marcus B. Mensing, L. C. Meyer,
Martin Col. Miller, Peter Mooney, J. H.
Moore, Humphrey Moynihan, P. Mulvihill,
C. E. Murphy, Miss M. Murphy, W. P. My-
ron, Thos. S. Moore, L. R. Newton, W. K.
Nichols, John Francis Nolan, Mrs. Hock,
D. J. O'Brien, Thos. Odgers, Eli Oren,
John O'Rourke, W. D. Oswill, L. G. Owen,
A. P. Parratt, L. H. Patty, J. C. Plummer,
Geo. W. Pollard, E. B. Price, W. L. Price,
Louis Hervey Pritchard, Harry Dennis
Reynolds, Clarence Richter, Robt. Frank-
lin Robinson, F. W. Schimmelpfenning,
H. A. Shrader, Geo. Schwartz, E. M. Szcze-
panski, C. Segerson, Leonard Shadinger,
C. W. Shaffer, Josiah Sherman, W. W.
Shuhaw, Laurence Sinnott, Walter D.
Skinner, W. P. Slattery, L. Smalakies,
Carl Walter Smith, Howard Smith, P. C.
Smith, R. A. Smith, W. P. Snyder, H. L.
Sousa, P. Spalt, Edw. Fred Speaker, W. C.
Spiegel, A. J. Stephens, Harry E. Strader,
John Herman Suhr, Daniel Sullivan, Leo
H. Susman, R. C. Swan, A. J. Theis, Pres-
ley Thomas, Rob. W. Titherington, John
Oreon Tobey, Maurice Ed. Toomey, F. H.
Trowbridge, Jerry Twomey, Geo. Van
Pool, J. W. Varney, F. Vierra, H. D. Viers,
D. C. Vragnison, Henry J. Van Erkelens,
Mrs. M. E. Walsh, S. V. Walton, A. S.
Wellman, R. H. Wells, John Werry, M. P.
Werry, George West, P. C. Wickersham,
B. H. Wilcoxon, Gus Wilkie, J. W. Willis,
Geo. I. Williams Jr., C. J. Wilson, John
Woods, C. E. Wyatt, Arthur Wright.
Truly a noble roll of honor. F. S. M.
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How 'Pacific Service' was Represented
at the U. S. Army Training Camp
Del Monte, California
By W. K. MKL, OciuTal M;iiiaKcr's Omcc
jr :r ^ s i :f
Members of "Pacilic Service" wlio were "rookies" at the Training Camp.
Kneeling, left to right: Henry H. Buell, San Jose District; Ernest J. Gorman, Drafting
Department; George D. Macdonald, Auditing Department; A. P. Flint, Redwood Dis-
trict; .1. K. Michael, Drum District; J. L. Hancock, Alameda County District.
Standing, left to right: NV. B. Mel, General Manager's OfTice; John Spencer, Placer Dis-
trict; James Beveridge, Sacramento District; F. T. Gash, San Jose District; Crawford
C. Hill, Alameda County District; M. L. Hunt, Alameda County District. (H. J. Han-
sen, Alameda County District, was also enrolled at the camp.)
THIRTEEN is generally credited with
being an unlucky number, but each
of the thirteen members of the "Pacific
Service" family who attended the Busi-
ness Men's Training Camp at Del Monte
followed out the Plattsburg idea of giv-
ing to the average business or profes-
sional man an opportunity of receiving
practical and theoretical instruction in
matters essential for a company officer
was surely a lucky fellow to have been of volunteers in time of war.
able to spend such an intensely interest- This encampment consisted of approxi-
ing four weeks of instruction under the mately twelve hundred recruits formed
guidance of Uncle Sam. With perhaps into one infantry regiment of three bat-
one or two exceptions, no other single talions, a battalion having four companies
corporation furnished as large a number of about ninety men each. In addition,
of recruits as did our own company. a battalion of regular coast artillery was
Tile Monterey Camp, as it was called, stationed there and had already prepared
though actually located near Del Monte, our camj) by the time we arrived. The
was similar to several camps already held location was beautiful, bordering on the
in difi'erent parts of the United States and Del Monte Hotel grounds, east of the lake,
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and on sloping ground dotted with pine
and oitk trees. The hay of Monterey lay
a short half-mile to the north.
The recruit, on arrival, found himself
assigned to one of the twelve companies,
and having received from the quarter-
master a supply of bedding, immediately
set up house with five other "rookies" in
one of the seventeen conical tents in his
company's row, and thereafter that par-
ticular company street was "home" to
him. It made rather close quarters — six
spring cots in a tent about fourteen feet
square at the base and a conical top.
And the spare room was mostly taken up
by the miscellaneous pieces of furniture
(bureaus, dressers, tables, chairs, etc.)
which the occupants of each immedi-
ately fell to making out of orange boxes,
ammunition cases and stray lumber
which appeared to have no owner. But
our quarters proved to be quite a com-
fortable home for the six.
Nothing lagged in the day's routine.
The buglers' first call at 5.45 a. m. was
the oflicial "Wake up!" Reveille call (or
"Revelry" sometimes called) followed five
minutes later. It did not take long to
learn to dress by the time the band
marched up and down the row of tents
and finished playing "Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight" — or some other pa-
triotic air. Out we tumbled into the
street at the sergeant's whistle for assem-
bly and for fifteen minutes w^ent through
setting-up exercises — found to be a won-
derful appetizer for the breakfast mess
following.
Mess was an interesting part of the day.
Our three large mess tents each held four
hundred men seated by companies, a com-
pany being assigned to two long tables
seating fifty men each. As every recruit
took his turn as a waiter, he had an
excellent opportunity of observing the
workings of a mess tent from all angles.
The waiter's was no idle man's job — not
with fifty ravenously hungry soldiers
emptying the food disiios in almost no
time at all — and calling for more.
Then, as green rookies we were taught
that "fatigue" means cleaning up — mak-
ing beds, sweeping tents and company
streets and making things generally tidy.
Each morning included a drill which,
for the first two weeks, consisted of in-
struction in close order infantry drills,
disciplinary in purpose and to instill the
idea of team work into the recruit's
mind. Lectures on some important part
of the daj's work were frequently given
by each company commander to his com-
pany assembled around him under a tree
— perhaps a talk on camp sanitation or
field tactics, or instruction in the care
and use of the Springfield rifle. Some-
times the lecture was given by an officer
to the assembled regiment. In this way
we were taught the care of the wounded
on the battlefield with demonstrations
of how "first aid" is rendered and how
the wounded man is carried to the field
hospital.
Afternoons never lacked for exercise.
More drills. After instruction in open
order work, or drilling in skirmish for-
mation, we advanced by rushes to attack
some imaginary enemy and, with bayo-
nets fixed, finally drove him out of a
position, which often lay on the other
side of a thick growth of raanzanita and
brush. But it was good fun and all in
the game. Sometimes the day's work
ended with a parade, which^ had its
climax for each company in a tense eff"ort
to present a "straight line" to the review-
ing officer.
After 4.30 p. m. the drills were over.
It was an hour and a half for a well-
earned rest, but many preferred to tramp
to the beach for a swim. Nothing could
equal this invigorating plunge into the
breakers for reviving the tired soldier, for
soothing aching muscles or blistered feet.
And if anything further were needed to
put an edge on an already good appetite
the salt water swim fully supplied it.
Following evening mess, the recruit's
time was his own, to be spent within the
camp limits, all noise to cease after 9
p. m., and at "Taps," 10 p. m., lights were
expected to be out and recruits in bed.
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Camp limits were generously made to in-
cliuk' Del Monte Hotel and grounds, Mon-
terey, Pacific Grove, and even Carmel,
seven miles away. Consequently the
rookie uniform was a familiar sight in
all of these places and no dance or pic-
ture show took place without a good rep-
resentation from the camp.
As the days slipped by, constant drill-
ing gradually brought us out of the awk-
ward squad and our steps became surer
with a better understanding of the of-
ficers' commands. And with the progress
we learned to have a fine respect and ad-
miration for the regular army oflicers de-
tailed to instruct us. They were gentle-
men of enduring patience and a vast fund
of military knowledge. On account of
the large number of regular troops or-
dered to the Mexican border, the Mon-
terey encampment confined the work for
the main body of recruits to infantry in-
struction only. No field artillery, cavalry,
or signal corps instruction could be un-
dertaken for lack of instructors and
equipment. To the average recruit this
lack was not felt, as we were given plenty
to learn in the infantry work and the
instruction was for the most part suffi-
ciently general in nature to be valuable
in any branch of the army service.
Rifie shooting practice was given to all
and proved keenly interesting. It seemed
strange to find so many men who were
shooting a high-power rifle for the first
time, and even to find men who had
never used firearms of any kind before.
But all seemed eager to learn, and when-
ever the magnificent government range in
the Presidio at Monterey was open for
practice on Saturdays and Sundays, there
were plenty of volunteers to keep the
markers busy. One result of the practice
was to impress the marksmen with the
splendid quality of the army Springfield
rifle, which shoots "just where you hold
it," all the trouble coming in holding it
just right. Here we learned that a towel,
used as a padding on the shooting shoul-
der, acts as a good shock absorber. There
is something very alluring in target shoot-
ing, and as the ability to shoot accurately
is such an imi)ortant part of a man's
value as a soldier the sport should be
more generally taken up in private life.
The pleasure which target practice gives
for the time devoted to it is more than
sufficient inducement for undertaking it.
Another very interesting part of our
work proved to be the construction of
fire trenches, bomb-proof and machine-
gun pits, communicating trenches, and
several varieties of obstructions, such as
wire entanglements, fallen trees, etc., in
front of the trenches to impede the ad-
vance of an attacking force. An inspir-
ing sight to see several hundred citizen
soldiers industriously digging, filling sand
bags, carrying timber, or standing by eat-
ing ice-cream cones while giving advice
to those in the trenches shoveling! Brush
was cut down and replanted over the
covered trenches for concealment. As a
good climax, one company was placed
in the trenches to defend the position
against two attacking companies, with
the rest of the regiment and a liberal
sprinkling of Del Monte visitors as spec-
tators. The scene was a thriller. Troops
charged in skirmish lines and "dug in"
with the little intrenching tools. Blank
cartridges furnished most of the noise,
but dynamite was exploded to imitate the
effect of mines or artillery shells, while
single sticks were thrown out as a sub-
stitute for hand grenades by the regular
army engineers in charge.
On one afternoon the regiment marched
several miles from camp to a location
among the pines back of the Presidio,
where, under the army engineers' direc-
tion, we undertook to build a "double
spar lock bridge" across a small ravine.
Companies and squads were detailed to
bring in certain spars of given length and
soon the woods were filled with shouts,
the sound of axes, saws and the crash of
falling trees. The bridge was not com-
pleted for lack of time, but we received
an instructive lesson in the methods used
and after a lecture on the subject saw the
timbers shattered by a few sticks of
dynamite to illustrate how a bridge, after
passing an army, would be destroyed to
delay a pursuing enemy.
One other lesson in bridge building was
given when the regiment watched a num-
ber of the recruits who had been taking
special work in engineering build a light
pontoon bridge across the Del Monte Ho-
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tel lake in the remarkably good time of
twenty-nine minutes. After its comple-
tion, each company marched over with-
out mishap and dynamite again prevented
pursuit.
The final march and overnight camp
was looked forward to as a wind-up of
the month's work. The regiment marched
out in heavy marching order, prepared to
pitch camp. In the morning it was nec-
essary to storm Carmel Hill Gap and cap-
ture it from a battalion of regulars, and as
the stopping power of blank cartridges is
very slight the regulars were unable to
hold the hill. However, it was not easy
work, as crawling along in brush to keep
under cover and advancing in skirmish
rushes under full equipment, including a
blanket roll, would have been warm work
— enemy or no enemy. And the sun was
shining nicely that day. After a lunch
and rest, the march was resumed and the
camp site at Chinese cove near Pebble
Beach reached in time to pitch our little
shelter tents, make things as comfortable
as possible for sleeping on rather uneven
ground and rest up a bit before evening
mess. To nearly all of us the experience
was entirely novel, and the picture made
by the tNvelve hundred recruits moving
about ai-ound six hundred little tents all
in twelve even rows on sloping, open
ground just above the ocean was not
easily forgotten. After a sleep, which
was very good considering the sudden
change from a spring mattress to hard
ground, breakfast was served in the mess
kits carried by each man, the tents were
struck, blanket rolls made up, and the
"army" started out at 7.30 a.m. on its
march back to camp along the famous
Seventeen Mile Drive skirting the ocean
shore a good part of the way. The four-
teen miles back through Pacific Grove,
Monterey and Del Monte to camp were
made in good marching time with few
short resting periods. We arrived at
12.30 p. m., weary, it is true, and with a
good many blistered feet, but otherwise
in fine shape. A little rest and a good
meal did wonders.
Tlic march really closed the hard train-
ing of the encampment, for the following
day, after one last battle when Carmel
Hill Gap was again stormed, we returned
to camp, polished rifles and equipment
for the last time and marched to the Polo
Grounds. There on the beautiful green
polo field, with impressive military cere-
mony, the regiment passed in final review.
As for the camp itself and the men
in attendance, coming as they did from
nearly every part of the State, and even
from other states, an unusually interest-
ing picture was furnished. It would be
hard to find elsewhere such a social level-
ing outside of any similar camp. All
rookies looked alike and received like
treatment. In the personnel of any com-
pany could be found men from nearly
every profession. High school lads and
grey-haired business men marched and
drilled with equal enthusiasm. It was
said of one company, which numbered
among its members itien of extreme youth
and men well along in years, that as a
prerequisite for membership a man had
to either have all four grandparents liv-
ing or have four grandchildren, but no
finer example could have been set than
by those same grandfathers, so-called,
men with large responsibilities in active
business careers, who came to the camp
to share in all the rigorous training and
keep step with youngsters in the long
marches. All were on an even footing.
The man of wealth and the man who
met the camp's expenses with difficulty
worked earnestly side by side sharing the
w^ork and fun. The work and the play
and the whole atmosphere of the camp
life appealed strongly.
Altogther it was splendidly worth while.
They were four weeks of healthy outdoor
life filled with disciplinary training of
value in military or civil life. The ground
covered in military training was consid-
erable, though the short period of time
made it impossible to learn anything
thoroughly. Still we learned the use of
modern arms and the general principles
of drill and maneuver. The value of the
experience can hardly be over-estimated
and any one who has been through it can
only wonder, in looking back over the
encampment, how those in charge con-
trived to crowd in all that the four weeks
held.
And back of it all the recruit has the
fine feeling of pride in the fact that at-
tendance at camp meant service to the
country.
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The San Francisco District baseball team, winners of the "Pacific Service" league series.
Top row, left to right: R. Interman, utility; O. Aucr, catcher; \V. Smith, left field; P. Goldstein,
shortstop; J. Mehrtcns, second base; H. Lemos, center field; L. McCallum, utility. Bottom row:
J. Leary, scorer; J. Fitzhenry, first base; F. E. Oldis, manager; A. Danzig, pitcher uaptain);
J. R. Bearwald, right field; A. Gilhooly, third base.
Athletic Activities in ''Pacific Service''
rW^HE baseball league fathered by the
I "Pacific Service" Section of the N.
E. L. A. is finished and the San Erancisco
District team are tiie champions of 1910
with ten straight wins and no defeats.
'i'iiat the league series was a success is
the verdict of everyone interested. Close
friendships were made among players
who before the league started had not
even heard of each other. All told, ninety-
three men took part in the sixty games
that were played, and nearly every depart-
ment of the company was represented. It
is hoped that next year it will be possible
to embrace more districts and, conse-
(juently, increase tlie number of players
parlici|)ating.
The San I-'rancisco champions owe a
great deal to the playing of Captain "Babe"
Danzig and tiu' masterful way in which
he handled his team. Behind the bat,
steadying him at all times, was reliable
"Dutch" Auer, who handled over a hun-
dred chances without an error being
charged against him. The infield, com-
posed of Eitzhenry on first base, Mehr-
tens on second base, Goldstein on short
and Gilhooly at third base, proved a verit-
able stone wall against which opposing
teams battered themselves to defeat. The
three guardians of the outfield, Smith,
Bearwald and Lemos, gathered in all of
the Hies that came their way. The bal-
ance of the team playing in the role of
utility men are deserving of considerable
praise, for it was their physical as well
as moral suppoi"t that kept the team on its
toes. To Mr. I'rank Iv. Oldis, the genial
manager of the champions, is due the
l)raise and Ihiuiks of all with whom he
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113
came in contact. His team acted at all
times just as we would expect the men of
"Pacific Service" to act and made the job
of umpiring one actually pleasant to look
back upon.
San Jose and Oakland tied for second-
place honors with an even 500 per cent.
San Jose started out like a meteor, but half
way down the stretch seemed to tumble
and fall and lost the last four games in a
row. Oakland, on the other hand, could
not seem to get started until the last four
games, when she played sterling ball, win-
ning three out of the four and losing to
the champions in the ninth inning of a
hard-fought game by a score of 3 to 2.
To San Jose goes the honor of having the
champion batsman of the league, one E.
Schoenberger, who cavorted around the
short pasture and swatted the apple for
the grand average of .447. Dan Oilman,
the big husky knight of the padded mitt,
guardian of the sacred precinct of the
home pasture, ranks well up, having han-
dled over a hundred chances without a
bobble. Space does not permit us to men-
tion the balance of the team but, suffice to
say, it was one of the very best balanced
teams in the league. For Oakland the
stars that scintillated on the diamond did
most of their scintillating at other times
than during the game. Oakland had one
of the best teams in the league on paper,
but they failed to show up to the form
shown in their last four games. "Lefty"
Fleiger is one of the bright lights that
shines away above all the others.
Sacramento and Martinez tied for third
place. Martinez, the smallest district rep-
resented, was the surprise of the league.
Given a few months more time and per-
suade Don Ray to make "Chuck" Wilcox
lose about two hundred and fifty pounds
so that he won't have to throw clear
around himself when he delivers the ball,
and that Martinez team will make the
champions step around. The team, like
that of San Jose, was nicely balanced and
if the boys will play together next year
and give Wilcox the support he deserves,
thev will all have gold medals Ihemselves.
Sacramento at the start of the league was
rated a dangerous team but hardly lived
up to its name. Park Sheehan, the short-
stop, who batted .407 for seven games,
shares honors with Pitcher Keegan. Kee-
gan won four games out of five starts and
has a nice delivery, some smoke, quite a
few hooks and the physique to stand the
gafl". It is too bad he was not worked
oftener, for he looks like he could stand
lots of hard work.
Old man Gill must be given more than a
passing glance. He admits that he played
baseball on the sandlots of Sacramento
and elsewhere. . . . well they used to
call it town ball when he first started and
he's going yet and going strong. Believe
me, there are younger men envious of the
valorous baseballic deeds of this self-
same C. R. Gill. Praise to you "CR," more
power to your good right arm and may
we see you in a baseball suit for lo! these
many years. It might be added that Mr.
C. R. Gill was the manager of the Sacra-
mento team and those of us who were
lucky enough to make the trip to the
"Heart of California," and partake of the
hospitality of the Sacramento District
long to go back.
Last, but far from least, was the team
representing Redwood City, managed by
Walter Kellogg. They were the original
hard-luck youngsters, losing more close
games than any other team in the league.
They lost a 10-inning struggle with the
champions 5-3, and an 11-inning game
with Martinez 5-4, in which game Chase
of Redwood struck out twenty-one of the
Martinez players. Also, Keegan of Sacra-
mento held them to a no-hit, no-run game,
beating them in the last of the ninth.
Chase held Sacramento in the same game
to three hits, two of which were made in
the ninth. The last two games Redwood
came into her own and played the jinx
ofi" his feet, smothering her opponents in
an avalanche of hits and runs. Redwood,
although the tail-end team, boasts of the
second heaviest hitter of the league,
Casey, the heady catcher of the peninsula
team, claims tiie sweet average of .425.
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Pacific Service Magazine
Maxwell Hardware Company, of Oak-
land, donated a beautiful silver loving cup
to be presented to the winning team, and
also two silver medals to be presented to
the two heaviest hitters in the league.
"Pacific Service" section of the N. E.
L. A. donated individual trophies for each
member of the winning team. These tro-
phies and medals will be presented at
some time in the near future.
The vital statistics are as follows:
TKAM BATTING
TKAM A. B.
Snn Franrisco 38.5
F<c(lw(M)(l City 361
Oakland 354
Marlinoz 333
Sarramnnio 348
San Jose 3'^!>
TEAM FIELDING
TEAM P. O. ASSISTS ERRORS AVEHAGE
San Francisco 272 110 37 912
Oakland 261 90 43 891
San Jose 259 99 53 871
Sacramento 265 92 56 864
Martinez 261 113 67 848
Redwood City 252 102 73 829
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH TEAM
San Francisco 13
San Jose 14
Martinez 14
Oakland 15
Sacramento 17
Redwood City 20
Total 93
PITCHERS' RECORD
GAMES
NAME TEAM PITCHED WON LOSTWALKS.S.O. H.B. W.P.AVG.
GAMES
NAME TEAM PLAYED
Duarte Martinez. ... 10
Smith S. F 10
HITS
AVERAGE
104
270
83
230
76
215
71
213
70
201
03
191
Danzig S. F . 9 9
Goldstein. S. F . 1 1
Johnson.. . S. J. 1 i
Keegan .... Sacio 5 4
Fleiger Oak. 4 3
Roy S.J 9 4
Wilcox Marl. 10 4
Kuril Oak. 6 2
Chase Red 9 2
Wirte Sacto 3 0
Gaf ney .... Sacto 1 0
Tobey S.-icIo 1 0
Diinnshec. Bi-il 1 0
Stevens. . . Bed 0 o
Torres Bed 0 (I
Cummings. Mart. 0 o
11
1
3
10
9
16
20
12
19
3
10
2
2
2
15
41
25
72
78
62
82
27
10
8
4
1
0
2
Schoenbergcr ....S.J
Casey Redwood .
Sheehan Sacto . . . .
Mersich Martinez .
Urban Rctdwood .
Rearwald S. F .
10
9
7
10
1
10
Cahill Sacto 10
Filzhenry S. F lo
Ro88 Oakland 111
Taylor SacIo 5
Auer S. F lo
Figeroid Oiikl.iii<l .!
Stevens BimIkihxI 8
Chase BedwotMl 9
Gilhooly S. F 10
Fleiger Oakland 10
Danzig S. F 10
GA.MES
PLAYED A. B.
38
40
27
39
3
40
40
47
.'i8
19
42
111
;i4
38
42
42
3 1000
0 1000
0 1000
0 800
0 750
1 444
2 400
3 333
5 222
0 000
0 000
0 000
0 000
II 000
0 000
0 000
AV(;.
447
425
407
333
333
325
325
319
:< 1 6
316
310
300
294
289
280
286
282
Prentice Oakland 7
Fitzpatrick Redwood .... 8
(Jregor Oakland 9
Sampson Bedwood ... 10
Evans Martinez. . . 10
Mehrtens S. F 10
Jones Oakland 8
Ivemos S. F 7
Tobey Sacto 2
Te Veltrup Sacto 1
Jennings Bedwood . . 1
Quigley Oakland 8
C. Johnson S. J 8
Daley Martinez .
10
Gatney Sacto 7
Shaw Sacto 8
McCaUum S. F 4
Clinton S. J 6
Porterfield Martinez. ... 6
Valencia Bedwood ... 6
Wheeler S.J 7
Roy S.J 10
Wilcox Martinez. ... 10
Melhoff Bedwood ... 2
Melbourne S. F 1
Wilkinson Oakland 1
Pratt Redwood ... 1
Gill Sacto 10
Goldstein S. F 9
Gildersleeve Sacto 10
Dixon Oakland 9
Burns S. J 10
Cummings Martinez. ... 10
Torres Redwood .... 9
Harrington S. F 2
Mess Martinez. ... 10
Bronson Martinez ... 4
Smith Redwood ... 8
Dunnshee Redwood .... 7
B. Johnson S.J 2
Pearl Sacto 10
Wirts Sacto 9
Gilman S. J 10
Miller S.J 7
Hurll Oakland 10
CaldweU S.J 6
Long Redwood .... 5
Kelly Martinez. ... 10
Keegan Sacto 8
Hurney Oakland 10
Gay Oakland 4
Thompson Oakland 4
Blackmar S.J 9
Thomas S. J 8
39
47
29
33
37
41
35
39
32
28
4
4
4
33
29
39
22
36
9
23
23
23
28
34
34
5
5
5
5
38
38
40
29
36
30
36
6
37
13
27
27
7
37
30
38
24
33
17
17
35
23
35
12
13
28
17
10
11
9
10
8
7
1
1
1
8
7
9
5
8
2
5
5
5
6
7
7
1
1
1
1
7
7
7
5
6
5
AVG.
282
276
276
273
270
268
257
256
250
250
250
250
250
242
241
231
225
222
222
217
217
217
214
206
206
200
200
200
200
184
184
175
172
167
167
167
167
162
153
148
148
143
135
133
131
125
121
118
118
114
087
086
083
077
071
059
not register
The following men have been at bat and did
a hit:
San Francisco, Pape and Interman; San Jose, Pruett; Oak-
land, Anderson and Godbier: Sacramento, Si>ooner, Flan-
agan, Bevcridge, Wallmer, and Boberts; Martinez, School-
craft, Boyster, Mulford, and Knight; Bedwood, Sahlberg,
O'Connor, Knopf, Bertelson, Crockett, Wille.
TENNIS TIDINGS
The tennis tournament season is now in
full swing all over the country, and he is
a poor player indeed who does not man-
age to win a few prizes and annex a title
or so during this month and the next.
During this period of activity the "Pa-
cific Service" tennis enthusiasts will have
plenty of opportunity to keep busy, and
about the time that Johnson, Williams
and McLoughlin are battling for the na-
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115
tional title at Newport, the champions
and near-champs will be engaged in the
annual singles championship tournament
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
It is planned to hold the sixth annual
handicap singles tournament for the "Pa-
cific Service" championship on the Golden
Gate Park courts on September 2d, 3d and
4th, This is to be a handicap event, and
all tennis players of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, whether members of
the N. E. L. A. or not, are urged to enter.
Lack of experience need not deter anyone
from competing and the handicaps will
be adjusted to give everyone an even
chance to win.
Some of our best players are noticeably
overweight and out of condition, so notice
is hereby given them to begin strenuous
practice at once as the handicaps will be
adjusted on the basis of a player's best
form.
Balls will be furnished and the winner
of the tournament will receive a valuable
first prize in addition to possession of the
silver loving cup for the coming year.
There will also be a prize for the runner
up and for the two men w^ho are defeated
in the semi-finals, making four prizes in
all.
The loving cup is to become the per-
manent possession of the man winning it
three times, and the following names are
engraved on it to date:
1911 — E. E. Dodge
1912— R. E. Parr
1913— E. E. Dodge
1914 — I. G. Steele
1915— V. H. Jones
Should Jack Dodge be fortunate enough
to win it this year the cup would be his
permanently, but no other man has more
than one win on it to date. The follow-
ing entries have already been received for
this tournament:
H. C. Vensano, G. W. Vincent, E. E.
Dodge, I. C. Steele, E. M. Szczepanski, E.
Rogers, V. H. Jones, A. L. Trowbridge,
E. B. Henley, G. M. Thomas, R. A. Monroe,
R. P. Cowles, S. E. Carpenter, R. E. Fisher,
E. A. Wevmouth.
The entry list will close September 28th,
and anyone wishing to play should send
his name to the Tennis Committee, 445
Sutter Street, care of E. E. Dodge.
The N. E. L. A. District Tournament
The district championship of the "Pa-
cific Service" section of the N. E. L. A.
was brought to a close July 30th, on the
courts of the California Lawn Tennis Club
in San Francisco. The Head Office team,
composed of L C. Steele and R. A. Mon-
roe, won in the semi-final round from
Rogers and Szczepanski of San Francisco
District and in the final round from Jones
and Weymouth of Sacramento. While the
winning team came through the tourna-
ment without the loss of a match, they
had their hands full in the last two rounds
and in some of the matches the result was
in doubt until the final point was played.
Following is the result of the play:
SEMI-FINAL ROUND
I. C. Steele Head Office 1 Steele
E.Rogers S. F. Dist J 6/2 6/3
R. A. Monroe Head Office 1 Monroe
E. M. Szczepanski. .S. F. Dist J 7/5 3/6 6/3
Steele and Monroe ISteele and Monroe
Rogers and Szczepanski I 18/16 6/3
FINAL ROUND
I. G. Steele Head Office | Steele
E. A. Weymouth. . .Sacto. Dist I 6/0 6/i
R. A. Monroe Head Office \ Monroe
V. H. Jones Sacto. Dist. . .
J 3/6 7/5 6/3
Steele and Monroe ] Steele and Mooroe
Jones and Weymouth
6/3 8/6
The N. E. L. A. district tournament has
been a grand success throughout as indi-
cated by the large number of entries and
the keen competition shown. Next year
should bring forth even more players and
teams, and the experience and confidence
that the coming handicap event will
impart to the players should bring out
marked improvements among the outside
districts.
Begin now and be prepared for next
vear.
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Members of the Pacific Coast Gas Association,
Don't Forget Santa Barbara
AiTangcineiils have now bet'ii conipletcd
for the twenty-fourth annual convention
of the Pacific ('oast Gas Association to
be held at Santa Barbara, California.
The convention will be called to order
on the morning of Tuesday, September
null, at the Association headquarters in
the Hotel Arlington. In a notice issued
to the membership Secretary Bostwick
announces the following program in ad-
dition to the reports of the several stand-
ing committees:
President's Address F. A. Cressey, Jr.
Preparation and Use of Iron
Oxide for Gas Purification... E.S.Jones
Equitable Gas Rates S. Waldo Coleman
Where We Stand in Rate Making
for Gas and Electricity J. M. .Spitzglass
Up-to-the- Minute Selling Meth-
ods ^- *-• Bratton
Analyzing the Cost for Supply-
ing Artificial Gas W. G. Vincent, Jr.
Efllciency Methods in Gas Utili-
ties K- I^- Hall
Purchasing N. L. Morse
House Warming H. P. Pitts
Commercial Problems of the Day F. S. Wade
Wrinkles F. S. Wade
Experiences John Clements
Facts and Figures in Gas Distri-
bution D. E. Keppelmann
Arrangements have been made with the
several railroad companies whereby the
members in attendance upon the conven-
tion will be granted a rate of one and
one-third fares for the round trip, pro-
vided not less than fifty delegates apply
for such privileges. Tickets will be on
sale from September 12tii.
Special rates have been secured for
delegates and their families during con-
vention week at the principal hotels.
Hotel Arlington (Huropean plan). Small
room without private bath, occupied by
one person, .$3 per day; large room with-
out private bath, occupied by two per-
sons, .s3 per day; room with i)rivate bath,
occupied by one or two persons, $3.50
per day. Meals, breakfast and luncheon,
75 cents each; dinner, .*1. Hotel Potter
(European plan). Room without bath,
one person, .$1 per day; room without
bath, two persons, .$1.50 per day; room
with bath, one person, .$2.50 per day;
room with bath, two persons, .$4 per day.
For rooms on American plan add $3 a
day for each person. Meals, breakfast
and luncheon, .$1; dinner, $1.50. Where
thi-ee consecutive meals are taken the rate
is i^S per day. There are several other
good hotels and rooming houses where
delegates will find special rates extended
to them.
The twenty-fourth annual banquet of
the Association will be held at the Hotel
Arlington on Thursday evening, Septem-
ber 21st. The price of the banquet will
be $3 per plate. The ladies of the excur-
sion will attend a theatre party on the
night of the banquet. The ladies will
also enjoy a tea and bridge party on some
appointed afternoon. An attractive fea-
ture of convention week, and one which
was announced amid great applause at
the dinner in Los Angeles last May, will
be the general outing of the Association
to be held on Friday, September 22d.
This is to be in the form of a Spanish
barbecue to be held in an oak grove about
five miles out of town. The barbecued
meat will be served by Spanish girls in
native costume.
Now, members, get ready. Secretary
Bostwick informs us that the Association
is on the up-grade; that there are on
hand seventy-five new applications for
membership with every prospect that by
convention time this number will reach
the hundred mark. Santa Barbara is one
of the most delightful spots on earth for
a gathering of the kind. Let us all get
together and make this twenty-fourth
convention of the Pacific Coast Gas As-
sociation one to be remembered for all
time. F. S. M.
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117
The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service
vr>
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
^^TE present below income account statements for the month of July, 1916, for
▼ y the seven months of the current fiscal year to July 31st, and for the twelve
months ended July 31st.
INCOME ACCOUNT
MONTH OF JULY
1916
IQft: + Increases
1"^* i —Decreases
Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes
and Reserves for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts and Depreciation
$ 1,424,228.10
817,353.23
$ 1,482,706.79
880,161.45
— $ 58,478.69
— 62,808.22
Net Operating Revenue
$ 606,874.87
41,773.21
$ 602,545.34
35,426.04
+ $ 4,329.53
+ 6,347.17
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income
$ 648,648.08
323,756.98
14,431.60
$ 310,459.50
$ 637,971.38
316,516.15
13,542.56
+$ 10,676.70
+ 7,240.83
+ 889.04
Bond and Note Interest
Bond and Note Discount and Expense
(Apportionment)
Surplus
$ 307,912.67
+$ 2,546.83
SEVEN MONTHS
—JANUARY 1 T
O JULY 31
1916
1915
-1- Increases
— Decreases
Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes
and Reserves for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts and Depreciation
$10,765,729.04
6,243,711.73
$10,686,204.87
6,079,504.47
+$ 79,524.17
+ 164,207.26
Net Operating Income
$ 4,522,017.31
276,245.62
$ 4,606,700.40
217,296.55
— $ 84,683.09
+ 58,949.07
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income
Bond and Note and Interest
$ 4,798,262.93
2,265,776.41
101,021.16
$ 4,823,996.95
2,350,468.90
89,751.45
— $ 25,734.02
— 84,692.49
+ 11.269.71
Bond and Note Discount and Expense
(Apportionment)
Surplus
$ 2,431,465.36
801,382.72
$ 2,383,776.60
637,808.64
-|-$ 47,688.76
+ 163,574.08
Dividends on Preferred Stock — Accrued
for 7 Months
Balance
$ 1,630,082.64
$ 1,745,967.96
—$115,885.32
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31
1916
1915
-1- Increases
— Decreases
Gross Operating Revenue
$18,609,825.21
10,749,799.87
$17,845,000.61
10,240,751.75
-f $764,824. 60
-1- 509,048.12
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes
and Reser\es for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts and Depreciation
Net Operating Revenue
$ 7,860,025.-34
472.827.94
$ 8,332,853.28
3,900,718.03
171,680.14
$ 7,604,248.86
340.691.70
+$255,776.48
+ 132,136.24
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income.
Bond and Note Interest
Bond and Note Di.scount and Expense
(Apportionment)
$ 7,944,940.56
4,061,952.52
292,596.44
+ $387,912.72
— 161,234.49
— 120,916.30
Surplus
$ 4,260,455.11
1,253,029.79
$ 3,007,425.32
$ 3,590,391.60
902,792.01
+$670,063.51
+ 350,237.78
Diviflends on Preferred Stock — Accrued
for 12 Months
$ 2,687,599.59
+$319,825.73
118 Pacific Service Magazine
I
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Condensed Balance Sheet July 31, 1916
ASSETS
Capital Assets:
I'larits and IVoperties $130,987,088.76
Discount and Expense on Capital Stock issued 3,846,780.74
Investments 15,967.54
Trustees of Sinking Funds:
Cash and Interest Accrued on Alive Bonds 86,517.76
Deferred Charges:
Discount and Expense on General and Refunding Bonds 4,401,655.92
Current Assets:
Materials and Supplies $ 1,551,862.81
Taxes Paid in Advance 872,421.86
General and Refunding Bonds 1,000,000.00
Suhsidiarv Companies' Bonds 434,500.00
BUls Receivable 281,403.45
Accounts Receivable 2,006,993.15
Unpaid Subscriptions on Stocks 59,035.85
Other Current Assets 1,582,927.12
Cash 3,272,385.66 $ 11,061,529.90
Total Assets $150,399,540.62
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock in Hands of Public:
Common Capital Stock $34,035,858.00
Preferred Capital Slock 23.604,090.00 $ 57,639,948.00
Capital Stock of Subsidiary Companies:
In hands of Public and Unpaid Dividend thereon 37,977.58
Funded Debt in Hands of Public:
P. (J. & E. Co. General and Refunding 5's $29,982,000.00
Subsidiary Companies' Bonds 47,318,800.00 77,300,800.00
Funded Debt Held by Company:
P. (i. & E. Co. General and Refunding 5's $ 1,000,000.00
Subsidiary Companies' Bonds 434,500.00 1,434,500.00
Undistributed Items in Suspense 14,831.38
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $ 800,756.37
Drafts Outstanding 451,232.52
Consumers' Deposits 368,111.28
Unpaid Coupons and Dividends 445,841.20
Interest Accrued but not Due 810,651.54
Taxes Accrued but not Due 944,495.36 3,821,088.27
Reserves:
Depreciation Reserve $ 2,977,653.90
Insurance and (-asualty Reserve 78,240.22
Reserve for Earnings in Litigation 1.426.736.52
Uncollectible Accounts Reserve 159,098.02 4,641,728.66
Surplus Unappropriated 5,508,666.73
Total Liabilities $150,399,540.62
Pacific Service Magazine
119
Statement of Consumers by Departments at July 31
July
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
Total
31st
Department
Department
Department
Department
Consumers
1907
111,576
48,480
5,484
165,540
1908
125,117
57,198
5,731
. . .
188,046
1909
131,987
65,014
6,302
. • •
203,303
1910
143,689
75,813
6,655
226,157
1911
157,587
92,287
7,135
is
257,027
1912
184,913
108,075
7,858
165
301,011
1913
199,743
122,854
8,277
242
331,116
1914
212,144
139,026
8,941
305
360,416
1915
224,690
158,684
9,521
357
393,252
1916
227,215
170,851
9,938
384
408,388
GaininQyrs.
115,639
122,371
4,454
384
242,848
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
The following numbered General Mortgage Sinking Fund 30-year '^]/2% gold bonds
of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, have been called for redemption on November 1, 1916 at 105
and accrued interest to that date. Bonds must be presented at the office of the
Union Trust Company, San Francisco, California, Trustee under the Mortgage
securing them :
34
755
1606
2367
3319
40
786
1618
2384
3326
72
837
1652
2395
3332
91
854
1776
2409
3334
163
888
1803
2416
3383
169
973
2007
2437
3397
217
1029
2025
2440
3400
235
1039
2047
2451
3449
296
1082
2064
2476
3614
367
1092
2069
2492
3642
389
1103
2076
2964
3646
399
1189
2083
2975
3647
420
1230
2135
3043
3648
427
1251
2178
3086
3655
446
1278
2204
3087
3744
484
1302
2255
3093
3800
503
1356
2269
3102
3822
529
1374
2330
3155
3894
588
1398
2342
3234
3975
737
1424
2365
3281
3976
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY SECURITIES PLEDGED
UNDER NEW BRITISH LOAN
Among the American securities which are to serve as part of the collateral for the
$2.50,000,000 loan recently made to the British Government through J. P. Morgan
& Company, New York, are Pacific Gas and Electric Company General and Refund-
ing 0% Bonds, due 1942. The "First Preferred" and "Original Preferred" 6% stocks
of this Company are also included in the lists of securities which the British Govern-
ment is accepting for deposit with the "American Dollar Securities Committee,"
such deposits being in the nature of a loan to the British Government for a period of
two years for the purpose of enabling it to raise funds for the conduct of the war.
Considering the fact that the securities so utilized must pass the scrutiny of the
bankers through whom loans are made, the inclusion of these stocks in the official
lists may be accepted as an indication of their value for investment purposes.
120
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pacific ^erbice JHaga^ine
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FRKDERICK S. MYRTLE - - AUnaging Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription f 1.50
Single copy 15
Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street. San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII
AUGUST, 191G
No. 3
EDITORIAL
Of particular interest to the public in
general, and to street railway companies
in particular, is the recent decision of
the Supreme Court of this State in the
case of Michelson vs. the City of Sacra-
mento, decided July 24th last. This pro-
ceeding arose out of an ordinance passed
by the City Commission of Sacramento,
in which city the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company owns and operates the trac-
tion system, regulating the operation of
that class of motor vehicles commonly
referred to as "jitneys," by requiring li-
censes to be obtained therefor and impos-
ing certain salutary restrictions thereon
designed for the safety and protection of
the public.
The charter of the City of Sacramento
I)rovides that no ordinance other than a
tax ordinance shall take ellect until thirty
days after its passage, except one for the
immediate preservation of the public
l)eace, health or safety, which contains a
statement of its urgency and is passed by
a four-fifths vote of the City Commission.
The ordinance in ([uestion contained a
section declaring that it was for the im-
mediate preservation of the public safety
and a matter of urgency and should lake
effect fifteen days after its passage, which
was June 30, 1915. On July 15, 1915,
Michelson, who had theretofore been en-
gaged in driving a jitney in Sacramento,
sued to enjoin the city from enforcing
the ordinance on the ground that there
was no urgency and that the declaration
that there was an urgency when none
existed had the effect of invalidating the
ordinance. The lower court held in ac-
cordance with plaintiff's contention and
issued a preliminary injunction, purport-
ing to restrain the city from enforcing
the ordinance.
The Supreme Court, however, has held
that the lower court erred in granting the
injunction, stating that the effect of de-
claring an urgency where there was, in
fact, none was not to avoid the ordinance
but merely to postpone the taking effect
thereof until the period of thirty days
had elapsed. Upon this decision being
made, the lower court dissolved the tem-
porary injunction, so that the ordinance
is now in full force and effect, and can
he attacked only upon the ground of its
unreasonableness or unconstitutionality.
Since the decision of the State Supreme
Court in the case of In re Cardinal, de-
cided June 28, 1915, there is little doubt
that the ordinance in question will be
sustained in every particular, should the
matter be presented to it for determina-
tion. In the last-mentioned case, the Su-
preme Court had under consideration the
ordinance passed by the board of super-
visors of San Francisco, regulating the
operation of jitneys in said city. In an-
swer to the objection that the ordinance
was void as being discriminatory against
low-charge automobiles for the carriage
of passengers, the Supreme Court in its
decision in the last-mentioned case points
(Hit that it is a matter of common knowl-
edge on the part of those familiar with
conditions in our large cities that the
comparatively recent introduction of jit-
neys for the carriage of passengers on
the public streets for a charge closely ap-
proximating that made on street cars, in
view of the almost phenomenal growth
of the institution has made clearly ap-
parent the necessity for some special
regulation, in order to reasonably provide
for the comfort and safety of the public,
iiu- court adds the following significant
language:
"It may well be that the board of super-
visors concluded that, in view of the
nund)er of this class of public convey-
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ances that were operated upon the pub-
lic streets, especially upon the principal
streets already occupied, almost to over-
flowing during the hours of heaviest traf-
fic by street cars and other vehicles, as
well as by pedestrians at street crossings,
the speed at which they would naturally
be operated in order to make them pay
on such a low rate of fare, and the prob-
able lack of substantial financial respon-
sibility on the part of very many under-
taking to operate such vehicles, special
regulations as to condition of car, com-
petency and fitness of operator, and the
operation of the car, as well as security
to protect against improper or negligent
operation, were essential to the public
safety. We certainly cannot say that the
legislative body was not justified in so
determining."
Legislation of the kind embraced with-
in the Sacramento ordinance is supported
by the exercise of what is commonly
known as the police power, designed to
protect the general health, safety and
well-being of the public, and it is upon
that ground alone that such ordinances
are upheld. The street railway compa-
nies, which have contributed more than
any other single cause to the upbuilding
of the cities of this State, are the prin-
cipal losers by the introduction of jitney
transportation. So much has already
been said as to the injustice of subject-
ing street railway companies to the bur-
densome obligations imposed upon them,
such as the necessity for obtaining fran-
chises, paying a large percentage of their
gross revenues to the State, maintaining
in a safe and efficient condition their
tracks and roadbed and contributing to
the paving of the streets, and not sub-
jecting their competitors to like burdens,
that it would be needless repetition for
us to enlarge upon tlie same again. If
jitneys were permitted to operate as the
jitney drivers desire, free from restraint,
not only would the public be inconven-
ienced and subjected to unnecessary haz-
ard, but the matter of maintaining exist-
ing street railways would be rendered
dinicult and the matter of obtaining funds
to make extensions thereof, impossible.
It is accordingly with much pleasure that
we read the decisions of the various
courts upholding legislation of the kind
hereinbefore mentioned, which we trust
will be only the beginning of similar leg-
islation, to the end that tlie jitneys may
not only be regulated to protect the pub-
lic, but that they may also be compelled
to contribute their legitimate share to the
added burdens of government caused by
their operations, and that the future up-
building of the various communities of
this State may not be hindered through
the cream of the business being appro-
priated by irresponsible indivduals not
bearing their just share of the public ex-
pense caused by their operations and ow-
ing to the public no continuing duty to
serve.
WHO AM I?
I am more powerful than the combined
armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all
the wars of the world.
I am more deadly than bullets, and I
have wrecked more homes than the might-
iest of siege guns.
I steal in the United States alone over
$300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, and find my victims
among the rich and poor alike; the young
and the old; the strong and the rich;
widows and orphans know me.
I loom up to such proportions that I
cast my shadow over every field of labor
from the turning of the grindstone to the
moving of every train.
I massacre thousands upon thousands
of wage earners in a year.
I lurk in unseen places, and do most
of my work silently. You are warned
against me, but you heed not.
I am relentless. I am everywhere; in
the home, on the street, in the factory,
at railroad crossings, and on the sea.
I bring sickness, degradation and death,
and yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush or maim; I give noth-
ing but take all.
I am your worst enemy.
I AM CARELESSNESS.
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda County District
Playing soldier is the latest sport. When
the call to arms came there was a skir-
mish to (iiialify. "Pacific Service" offered
to send live from this district to the Mon-
terey military training camp. Of course
we all wanted to go. However, dice were
thrown, straws drawn, or whatever is
done to pick winners; any way our dele-
gates lined up with Crawford Hill, M. L.
Hunt, H. J. Hansen and J. L. Hancock.
These four H's were soon known as the
H quartet. H is significant of a nice time.
Going to visit Uncle Sam spelt good things
to eat. Then everyone going had a tip he
would be an officer. All would be a pos-
sible captain, lieutenant or commodore,
or what goes in armies. This is an age of
title: no one wants to belong to the rank
and file. The first day put bankers, mer-
chants and engineers shoulder to shoul-
der; a world of equality, what it should
be. Then came the drill. AYith only two
shoulders, it is strange how the left gets
confused with the right, and the right foot
tangles the left. The first call to mess
was a mess to get there. Crawford says
we are all born with the same manners
but we don't use them the same. In this
mess to mess manners messed. Hansen
says hunger is a point where both man
and animal meet. Politeness lined up ac-
cording to physical strength. And what
do you think they got? Beans. When
you picture savory turkey, oyster dress-
ing and cranberry sauce and then get
Beans! But somehow those beans had a
sumptuous taste; mother will never cook
the like. Hancock says Heinz no longer
puts up fifty-seven varieties; only fifty-
six because the beans are canned.
Bugle call came at 5 a.m. Hill and
Hunt joined the meadow lark in morning
warble as the sun came over the eastern
hills wliile tiie dew-freshened air filled
the soul with emotion. Tliree meals a day
are far apart for keen appetites, and what
matters whether the waiter is a million-
aire's son or a fiunk? It was great to
steal off to town for sweets. The most
popular fellow was llie man who paid off;
tlu' i)urser, or whatever he is called. Drill
was from 7 a. ni. to ."i j). m. with many a
lunch on the march. Battles were fought,
trenches dug, barb wire fences built,
mines planted, earth rent by explosions,
charges made in cover of smoke — the
enemy driven from embankments. Blank
cartridges popped and banged by thou-
sands, then would come real shooting;
target practice. It is strange how one
may sight what seems a perfectly straight
gun, yet it will shoot crooked. Then with
night came the campfires, with song and
levity, and there our song birds, Hill and
Hunt, found fame. But, tired and weary,
the boys gladly turned in, when the biv-
ouac sounded, or whatever it is that puts
the lights out. How sweet is sleep, Na-
ture's balm. Though hard may be the bed,
and sullen the ocean roar, the peace of
sleep passes from battlefields to realms
beyond.
The boys have now come back, stronger
men, physically, tanned and browned as
Natures' own. They have learned the les-
son of obedience, respect of law and or-
der; organization that means peace and
prosperity. They feel grateful to "Pacific
Service" for the outing; it is a gift to citi-
zenship. These boys belong to the san-
dies, the royal order of reds, the boys
who are making good because they are
also minute men, prepared for their coun-
try's need — they are ready.
Major Non Est.
At the July 13th Rotary Club meeting at
Hotel Oakland, Lance Richardson acted
as chairman. He came in preceded by
two big policemen, regular officers. Tak-
ing position he rapped the gavel, called
the meeting to order and proceeded to
say that this being his first meeting he in-
tended to have order.
Louis Aber, member of Board of Educa-
tion, jumped to his feet to protest against
the presence of police officers or the as-
sumption that those present were not law-
abiding citizens. Chairman Richardson
turned to the ofiicers and pointing to Mr.
.\ber said, "Take it out." The officers
grabbed him, and being small of stature,
only, he was hustled out as an armful.
Chairman Richardson continued the
levity and then, with well-chosen words,
introduced Mr. Prank A. Leach, .Ir., dis-
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trict manager of "Pacific Service." Mr.
Leach reminded his hearers that the gas
industry is now celebrating its one hun-
dredth anniversary in America and, by
co-incidence, its fiftieth anniversary of
foundation in Oakland. He outlined the
history of gas from the time Murdock dis-
tilled coal and produced gas, and putting
it in a bladder walked about the streets of
London with a small tube ignited. From
this grew a system of street lighting, until
now it is used, for many purposes, the
world wide. He outlined the processes of
making gas and means of registration. His
talk was accorded prolonged applause.
Marysville District
Marysville's three-day Fourth of July
celebration came to a close in a blaze of
glory. There were various estimates as
to the number of visitors present. Cap-
tain J. R. Foster, who because of his long
years of service in catering to holiday
crowds is best able to judge the number
of visitors, declares no less than 20,000
persons visited Marysville, not counting
those who came on the first and second
days of the celebration and returned to
their homes before the final or Clampers'
day.
The whole town was full of autos. They
came from far and near, and parked
on streets far from the business section.
Marysville surely was filled with merry-
makers. The restaurants and cafes were
filled to overflowing. The Columbia alone
fed 3200 persons. Other restaurants and
cafes were patronized in proportion. But
nobody went hungry. The inevitable "hot
dawg" vendor, the soda-pop hawker and
the ice cream stands did a thriving busi-
ness the livelong day. Toward evening
the carnival spirit manifested itself in
earnest, and more than a ton, it seemed,
of confetti was thrown in laughing, care-
free spirit along the main streets.
The most notable feature of the parade
was furnished by Hammonton. The beau-
tiful and unique automobile float was a
working model of the huge dredger oper-
ating at Hammonton, the gold buckets in
front moving continually and filled with
paper poppies. The local lodge of Elks
also made a great showing. Altogether
it was one of the greatest celebrations
Marysville has ever had.
We many times think of Sutter County
as a producer of fruit and alfalfa, but
when we stop to think that this year
15,000 of our most fertile acres are planted
to beans of the several varieties we realize
that there is another source of wealth con-
sidered. There were 12,000 acres of this
product raised within confines of the
county last year, mainly in the western
part of the county, from the northern
boundary of District 70, the center of the
bean-growing district, to Knights Land-
ing in the south. The large profits from
bean growing may be readily seen by the
following estimates made on the cost of
production and market for the last three
years in this county: The acreage mar-
ket is $4.25 per 100 pounds and the aver-
age production is 18 sacks of 86 pounds
to the acre. The cost of producing is
about as follows: Plowing, $2 an acre;
harrowing and dragging four times, 50
cent an acre; planting, 25 cents an acre
(this is done with a planter, and 12 acres
a day is an average planting) ; cultivating
two times, 50 cents an acre; seed $1; cut-
ting, threshing, stacking and hauling to
the warehouse, $4.50 an acre.
The following list will show the new
acreage planted in Yuba County for the
planting season of 1916, according to the
report of Mr. G. W. Harney, county horti-
cultural commissioner: Thompson seed-
less vines, 575 acres; French prunes, 365
acres; Bartlett pears, 245 acres; olives,
mission, 305 acres; peaches, cling, 55
acres; apples, 30 acres; almonds, 15 acres;
oranges, 10 acres; walnuts, 10 acres; ber-
ries, 5 acres.
Also there were shipped into the county
during the season 10,077 ornamental and
shade trees and plants; also 242,700 nur-
sery seedlings, which were brought in by
corporations for the purpose of establish-
ing a large nursery in Yuba County. The
nursery seedlings were mostly olive and
orange, with some deciduous and some
shade trees. Four hundred palms were
bought for avenue planting.
The Central California Cannery in Yuba
City opened for the season this month,
over three hundred men and women be-
ing employed. The cannery began work
on Tuscan cling peaches.
J. E. POINGDESTRE.
Nevada District
The presentation of service buttons to
employees of this district whose terms of
service with the company to date cover
ten years and upwards took place on
Wednesday evening, July 19th.
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KmploN cos met in the district ofllce in
Nevada City, and accompanied by Man-
ager Wcrry repaired to the Bismarck Cafe,
where a htrge round table was loaded
down witli Hood things for the inner man.
Eacli guest found t)eside his phde an en-
velope containing liie coveted button. Mr.
Werry acted as toastmaster and there were
two guests of honor, Mr. (leorge E. Scarfc,
former district superintendent, and Mr.
V. R. Hughes, "safely first" engineer.
Chief Engineer V. M. Downing had ex-
pected to be present but a pressing mat-
ter of business kept him away. A tele-
gram from him was read at the feast in
which he regretted his unavoidable ab-
sence. Upon the presentation of the but-
tons each guest responded to the call for
a few remarks.
When the feast was over Mr. George C.
Scarfe gave some interesting reminis-
cences culled from his long service with
the company. Mr. Hughes gave a very in-
teresting talk upon "Safety First" and in
doing so spoke highly of the standard and
methods of "Pacific Service," in whose
employ he hoped to remain long enough
to at least earn a service button. The
names of those to whom service badges
were conferred are:
W. E. Meservey, thirty-three years; E.
B. Meservey, thirty-three years; D. Stew-
art, twenty-two years; ,1. E. Calvert, seven-
teen years; Wm. Brodt, twelve years; R.
H. Aver, thirteen years; R. J. Tremaine,
fifteen years; H. H. Hallett, eleven years;
Si Sherman, thirteen years; Harry Davey,
sixteen years.
It will be noted that the two Meserveys
head the service list, each with thirty-
three years to his credit. Concerning this
the following notice appeared in a recent
issue of the Sacramento Bee:
WALKS 100,000 MILES ALONG DITCH LINES
WILLIAM MESERVEY OF NEVADA CITY CLAIMS
RECORD FOR STATE AS RESULT OF
THIRTY-TWO YEARS* SERVICE
Nevada City (Nevada Co.), .July 23. —
William Meservey, who had been in the
employ of the Pacific (las and Electric
(Company for the past thirty-two years,
was for many years a ditch tender along
the waterways of the old South Yuba
Water Company, wliich comi)any was
later purchased l)y tlie Pacific Cas and
Electric corporation. Of late years Me-
servey has been foreman of the wafer
system.
During the years that Meservey walked
the lines of ditch he traveled 87,000 miles
and never had a day's sickness during all
of those years. He told the story to the
employees of the company who gathered
at a banquet in this city, and says that in
spite of the thirty-two years' service he
feels that he could walk as far again if
file years were allotted him to do so. His
travels about the water system as foreman
have added enough to his record to bring
his grand total up to 100,000 miles, a
record that few men in California could
equal. John Werry.
Mr. George E. Scarfe is the inventor of
a new method of inspecting and testing
machinery which he thinks will better
conditions where electric power is used.
It is already looked upon with favor by
consumers as well as by ofTicials of this
company.
It consists of a test card enclosed in a
metal case with a glass front. One of
these is hung near each machine and
when the test or inspection is made the
result is written on the card. This is
made in duplicate and a copy is filed in
the office. The card shows the number
given each machine, the operating com-
pany's name, the type of apparatus, by
whom made, the manufacturer, capacity
in horsepower, volts, amperes, and what
it drives. An insulation test shows the
condition as to possibility of breakdown,
condition of bearings, air gap, also the
protective switches, what they consist of
and whether they are in order.
The load on the machine is shown. The
safety of the unit is looked after with the
idea of avoiding accident to man and ap-
paratus. Attention is called on the card
to the necessity of maintaining "safety
first." Tests are to be made every three
months, so that the record shows how
each unit holds up to its work and how
much its efficiency falls off as time goes
on. It is proposed to employ this record
on i)umps, compressors and other ma-
chinerv as ordered.
De Sabla District
On July Cth as many of the employees
of the district as could be spared from
tlieir duties were called in to (^amp No. 1,
to attend a dinner given them by the com-
pany. The meeting was called for the
puri)ose of awarding service badges to
I he employees who had served the com-
pany foi- a i)eriod of ten years or over,
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and also to get the employees together, so
they could become acquainted with one
another. We have a number of men who
have been employed in the district ten
years or over, who had never met until
the night of the dinner, although their
duties made it necessary for them to talk
to each other over the telephone each day.
Needless to say the meeting was a huge
success, so much so, that it was unani-
mously voted that it should become an
annual affair.
Forty-one employees were present at
the dinner. Mr. Downing, on behalf of
the company, awarded the service badges,
and gave a very interesting talk on the
growth and activities of the company.
Mr. Walton, of the Commercial Depart-
ment, gave some very interesting facts
from the commercial side, explaining the
duties of his department and the different
and varied uses of electric energy. Mr.
Johnson, of the Marysville District, was
present at the meeting. Badges were
awarded to the following:
L. I. Spangler, J. McGuffin, each sixteen
years in the service; C. Colman, fourteen
years' service; T.N.Cooper, thirteen years'
service; W. Green wait, twelve years' serv-
ice; B. H. Wilcoxon, eleven years' service.
i. B. Adams.
Petaluma District
Petaluma celebrated the Fourth of July
in a most novel and attractive manner.
For several months Sonoma County and
vicinity had been flooded with literature
concerning Petaluma's Home Coming
Week and enormous crowds lined the
streets. In addition to various patriotic
exercises, athletic events, etc., the crown-
ing feature of the festivities was a big
parade composed of fancy floats, mercan-
tile exhibits and other decorated cars rep-
resenting Petaluma and Sonoma County
products.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
was a generous donalor, not only to the
Fourth of July fund but, also, to the exer-
cises and especially to the spectacular
parade. The company was represented
by two very finely decorated floats, one
featuring a fully equipped gas kitchen
and dining room. This float was partic-
ularly attractive, not only for its demon-
strative character, but for the fact that
it was presided over by two charming
young ladies, Miss Melba J. Weber and
Miss Maxine Ayers, who dealt out dainty
refreshments during the parade. This
float won third prize.
The other float in the parade was the
company's machine decorated in a most
highly artistic manner with bunting and
flowers. For beauty this feature was
highly commended and was awarded first
prize.
At a subsequent meeting of the Peta-
luma Festival Committee a vote of thanks
was tendered "Pacific Service" for its in-
terest in the celebration. E. S. Furrer.
Woodland District
The people of Woodland celebrated the
Fourth of July in a style that would be a
credit to a much larger city. It was one
of the best celebrations ever held in this
place. The main business street was dec-
orated along the entire length with flags
and Japanese lanterns. The celebration
committee arranged resting places, and
use of lawns for eating lunches for the
convenience of the visitors. Free coffee,
lemonade and ice water were on tap at
the parks and along the main street. The
parade, which consisted of floats and
automobiles beautifully decorated, was
the best ever held here. This district en-
tered an auto truck which was suitably
decorated for the occasion.
During the first part of June, Beclama-
tion District No. 1500 started up its 5000-
h. p pumping plant, and in about two
weeks' time the pumps had cleared the
district of all of the water. Several thou-
sand acres of this land has since been
planted to beans. A small army of trac-
tion engines was required to prepare
the land which had not previously been
planted.
The Board of City Trustees has accom-
plished a constructive street improvement
program that has added immeasurably to
the city's appearance as well as to the con-
venience of pedestrians and drivers of
vehicles alike. One important achieve-
ment is that on every 60-foot lot on im-
proved streets water, sewer and gas con-
nections have been made. The following
comment is taken from the Woodland
Dailv Mail of August 5th :
"The water and sewer conections were
made bv the citv and the gas connections
bv the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Commenting upon the latter City Trustee
J. I). ^lurgrovc stated yesterday that the
attitude of the corporation, willing and
anxious to be of service to the commu-
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nity, was commendable and instead of
obstructing work tbat would bring no im-
mediate profit the P. G. & E. has shown
the greatest interest in co-operating with
the board." J, W. Coons.
Solano District
HIGH FINANCE IN ANGLE WORMS
vSome Dixon boys recently took a trip
to Lake Tahoe for the purpose of fishing
and among other impediments carried a
considerable stock of angle worms, as
these are scarce and expensive at that
point. Arriving on the scene of action
they ascertained the market quotation on
worms to be twenty-five cents per dozen.
This was too much for one youth's thrifty
instincts and he sold out his entire stock,
thereby paying all his traveling expenses
and at the same time having the fun of
watching the other fellows fish.
Another young disciple of John D's
contracted to ship worms from Dixon to
Tahoe at ten cents per dozen. However,
worms were scarce and the ground hard,
so he resorted to the expedient of cutting
them in two, thereby doubling his profits,
and in this way he was able to make both
ends meet.
[N. B. — The editor declines to vouch
for the reliability of the information
upon which this item was published.]
San Francisco District
The employees of San Francisco District
held their picnic and excursion at Para-
dise Cove, on the Marin shore near Cali-
fornia City, on .luly 2i)th. It was attended
by at least fifteen hundred guests.
District Manager George C. Holberton
acted as chairman of the reception com-
mittee and was ably assisted bv Messrs,
C. L. Barrett, W. S. Coleman, J. I). Butler,
J. F. Butler, F. F. Oldis, W. S. Hyde, H. E.
.If)nes, L. B. .lones. I). F. Keppelniann, J. E.
Murphy and A. B. Thompson. Dancing
was the main feature and the splendid
music which was furnished gave the
guests an excellent opportunifv to display
their lerpsichorean talent. Mr. P. B. Har-
denbergh officiated as floor manager, as-
sisted by Mr. John J. Cunningham, and
both are to be commended for the man-
ner in which they performed their duties.
Mr. John J. McManus was chairman of the
arrangements connnittee, and his inde-
fatigable energy in arranging the program
of social activities was largely responsible
for the success of the outing.
The program consisted of dancing,
bowling, swimming, boating and field
events. The athletic features were under
the directions of Messrs. G. N, Stroh, H.
E. Butler, H, P, Pitts and B, Conlisk. The
results of the races follow:
One hundred yard dash for men: First,
J, B, Kelly; second, W, Smith,
Fifty yard dash for women : First, Miss
M, Goldensen; second. Miss Christensen.
Fifty yard dash for boys: First, Stephen
McEvoy; second Wm, Floyd,
Fifty yard dash for girls: First, Mary
Qualtero; second Verna Conway.
Cigarette race for women: First, W.
Winters; second. Miss Conway,
First and second place contestants were
rewarded with merchandise orders rang-
ing from two to five dollars.
Each unit of the committee organiza-
tion worked in perfect harmony toward
the carrying out of a highly successful
program. On the return trip across the
bay, after a most enjoyable outing, it was
the consensus of opinion that a like ex-
cursion should be an annual event in the
San Francisco District, J, E. Leary.
The Hunters Point drydock is now con-
nected to "Pacific Service" and the docks
are pumped out by electric power instead
of steam. The ultimate load of this plant
will be about 4000 h, p.
A new type of street lighting unit has
been selected for Division Street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, where three
400-c, p, Mazda lamps with band refrac-
tors have just been installed.
At a quiet wedding among a few close
friends and relatives, Mr, Cecil B, Mer-
rick, of the Electric Distribution Depart-
ment, and Miss Gladys Deming were mar-
ried on July 10, 1010, After a very pleas-
ant reception the bride and groom left the
home of the bride for two weeks' stay at
Monte Bio. They are now domiciled at
Berkeley close to the college they attended
but a few years ago.
Secretary Joseph B. Baloun of the James
Hugh Wise Library reports the receipt of
several valuable additions. Ilie number
of pamphlets to date is .3520, bound vol-
umes 1114.
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Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.EL A.
^ CHRONICLED BY ERNEST B. PRICE I
The annual dinner of "Pacific Service"
Section was held on Tuesday evening,
June 20th, at the Palace Hotel, in San
Francisco, and was attended by four hun-
dred members of the section, the occa-
sion being the installation of officers for
the coming year.
Mr. F. S. Myrtle, manager of the Pub-
licity Department, acted as toastmaster,
and in his introductory remarks reviewed
the events incident to the formation of
the company section, and alluding to the
evening as a "Pacific Service" gathering
in its broader sense, pointed out the great
strides made toward efficiency and per-
fection by "Pacific Service."
The toastmaster then presented Mr.
Henry Bostwick, the new chairman of the
company section. Mr. Bostwick chose as
the subject of his address, "Our Organiza-
tion, Our Employees and Our Associa-
tion." In referring to the organization,
the speaker reviewed the process of amal-
gamation of the various subsidiary com-
panies and their ultimate expression in
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
and touched upon the old prejudices
which had to be overcome in the minds
of the public and the necessity of sup-
planting these erroneous ideas by a sane,
healthy attitude toward the company.
Team-work was the keynote struck by
Mr. Bostwick under the head of "Our Em-
ployees," team work between the com-
pany and its employees, without which no
real progress was possible. The speaker
called attention to the work done by the
company in establishing a liberal pension
fund and awarding service badges, and,
in closing this section of his address, re-
minded the employees that the company
only sought the loyalty and earnest co-
operation of its employees in return for
its efforts to help broaden the lives and
develop the latent possibilities in the men
of "Pacific Service." In closing, Mr. Bost-
wick made an appeal for even better at-
tendance at the meetings, and reviewing
the work done in the past, predicted great
things for the future.
Mr. C. P. CAitten was next presented.
Having in mind, he said, a recent ban-
quet given in the interests of prepared-
ness, the thought suggested itself that this
present gathering was a big army about
one-tenth the size of the real army of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Un-
like the destructive armies of Europe,
however, this army was organized for
the purpose of construction and develop-
ment, and the officers and general himself
felt it an honor to sit about the board
with the men of the firing line, in the
full knowledge that discipline would not
be destroyed. In the speaker's opinion
man's efforts could be divided into five
periods, first, when he learned to stand
upright; second, when he learned artic-
ulate sounds; third, the discovery of fire;
fourth, when he learned to make himself
understood by written characters; and
finally when electricity was discovered.
It was never intended that man's chief
occupation should be to do injury to
others, but rather to accomplish great
things, and the full import of the indus-
trial revolution wrought by electricity
was better understood when considering
the achievements of men like Thomas A.
Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
Mr. Geo. C. Holberton, manager of the
San Francisco District, outlined the work
which was being' done tow^ard establish-
ing permanent quarters for the employees,
and stated that the delay in the past was
due to certain wrecking conditions at the
exposition grounds where the new club-
house will be located. Mr. Holberton took
occasion to point out the great possibili-
ties within the reach of the men and
women of "Pacific Service" to boost for
the organization, and the necessity of
proclaiming themselves a part of that or-
ganization and in business for the pur-
pose of selling both gas and electricity.
There was vastly more' work to be done
than the mere routine of the job, the
speaker asserted, and efficient advertising
for "Pacific Service" could be done by
every employee when off duty that would
materially assist the ship of state in tak-
ing on additional cargoes.
Next was presented the guest of honor,
Mr. F. J. Koster, president of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce. In in-
troducing him the toastmaster took occa-
sion to review the highly efficient work
which had been accomplished by Mr.
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Kosicr in connection with the organiza-
tion of tlic Exposition Legion and in
preacliing the gospel of a united West for
tlie benefit and glory of 1915. His elec-
tion to the presidency of the San Fran-
cisco Chamber of Commerce came in the
natural sequence of events of a highly
successful career, as a tribute to the man
whose indomitable energy had accom-
plished so much in calling the attention
of the ^vorld not only to San Francisco
but to the entire West.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Koster
stated that it was a decided privilege to
be the guest of the men of "Pacific Serv-
ice," and that they were fortunate in be-
ing able to work under a banner which
proclaimed to the people a desire to
serve. "Pacific Service" under Mr. John
A. Britfon had become a great factor in
California. Mr. Koster then passed on
to his theme, "Public Service." In the
course of his address he said:
"You are occupying a field which is
changing rapidly and which we all feel
will continue to change at a still swifter
ratio. The very service you are prepar-
ing to render will, in a large measure, be
contributory to the rapidity of that
change. The population of the State of
California will rapidly increase and in-
dustries multiply; and with this increase
in i)opulation is bound to come a change
in its character and its attitude.
"Under our scheme of government — a
government with which our people play
carelessly as a child uses a new toy —
big business enterprises, and particularly
those having the character of a public
utility, are confronted with constantly
increasing problems; and I feel strongly
that the important thing concerning the
thinking men of this country at this time
is the question of government. It be-
hooves us all, each individually, to in-
form ourselves and to take an active part
in the affairs of the community with
which we arc identified.
"I believe it is wise and necessary, and
I am sure it is entirely acceptable to tiie
heads of most of the large public utility
corporations, that there be a reasonable
degree of regulation; but I do believe also
that it is high time to stem the trend
toward public ownershi]), and partic-
ularly to ojjpose that which to me seems
the most contemptible form of competi-
tion, namely that of the coinmunity, with
all its power and immunities, competing
with i)rivately conducted and publicly
regulated enterprises.
"I feel that you men, who are members
of an organization which, as a public
necessity, is striving for the highest effi-
ciency in rendering a genuine public serv-
ice, must place upon yourselves a respon-
sibility larger than the mere performance
of your duty to that organization in the
immediate service you render it, each in
his individual sphere, and must help to
educate public opinion to the end that
there may be a clearer understanding and
a more reasonable relationship between
the people, as represented by their gov-
ernmental bodies, and private enterprises,
large or small.
"In proportion as each man loses him-
self in the task that is before him and
intelligently co-ordinates the accomplish-
ment of that task with the trend of the
entire scheme of which it is a part, will
be his own progress, and will he increase
his own value, — and that seems to me to-
day the important thing, to inculcate
that very thing which is exemplified in
the spirit of this entire organization of
which you are a part, and which its ban-
ner everywhere proclaims — the spirit of
service."
Mr. Roster's splendid address is being
printed in pamphlet form for distribu-
tion among the employees of "Pacific
Service." J
Vice-President and General Manager i
John A. Britton closed the speech-making
with an address to the men of "Pacific
Service" in which he observed: "I would
compound a man of one part enthusiasm,
one part loyalt\', and one part common
sense. I would roll those ingredients into
one common mass and roll them out with
the roller of experience; put them into
the frying pan over the fire that tries all
good things and produce a man one-third
enthusiasm, one-third loyalty and one-
third common sense."
The musical entertainment for the eve-
ning was prepared under the supervision
of Mr. R. K. Fisher, director of entertain-
ment. The "Pacific Service" Glee Club,
under the direction of Mr. Low-ell Red-
field, did excellent work. The program
also included vocal selections by Messrs.
C. H. Oliver, J. L. Gilbert, H. E. Fossey
and Richard Hunt. In the middle of
things a moving picture film was intro-
ihued and thoroughlv enjoyed.
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
Managed by Californians Operated by Californians
"PACIFIC SERVICE" REPRESENTS
4,800 employees in all departments. -
$125,000,000 capital invested in gas, electricity, railroads and water plants. ^
37,775 square miles of territory in which it operates.
7,000 stockholders.
30 counties of the State in which it transacts business.
406,915 consumers served with gas, electricity, water and steam.
1,716,894 people served in 30 counties.
176 cities and towns in which it transacts business.
$5,179,400 annual wages paid employees in 1915.
$11,775,000 expended in 1915 in California for labor and material.
$810,822 taxes paid to the State of California in 1915.
122,400 horsepower developed in 10 electric water-power plants.
109,517 horsepower developed in 4 electric steam plants.
231,917 total horsepower developed in 14 plants.
8,325,000,000 cubic feet of gas sold in 1915.
17 gas plants.
22,260 miles of wire used in distributing electricity.
2,725 miles of mains used in distributing gas.
746 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing water.
700 miles of track of street railways operated and supplied with power.
40,657,000,000 gallons of water stored in 62 lakes.
This amount of water would supply the City of San Francisco for
800 days.
44,000 acres of land owned in California.
2,661,750 barrels of California oil used in 1915.
62,596 horsepower in agricultural motors depending on "Pacific Service."
132,624 horsepower in industrial motors depending on "Pacific Service."
133,042 horsepower in other motors depending on "Pacific Service."
35,533 street lamps, gas and electric, lighted by "Pacific Service."
3,608,351 incandescent lamps nightly lighted.
576,276 horsepower connected to system.
This represents the equivalent of 2,700,000 men.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Head Office: 445 Sutter Street
SAN FRANCISCO
Branches in all principal cilies and towns of lliirty counties
in North-Central California
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. McKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Britton D. H. Foote C. O. G. Miller
W. H. Crocker A. F. Hockenbeamer Charles T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. C. Love Assistant Treasurer
Chas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
Ralph W. Halsey Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Cantrell Property Agent
J. P. CoGHLAN Manager Claims Department
C. P. CuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. LiSBERGER Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. C. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS MANAGER
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa L. H. Hartsock
Contra Costa Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
'Drum Colfax James Martin
IElectra Electra W. E. Eskew
; Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
Marin San Rafael W. H. Foster
Napa Napa CD. Clark
Nevada Nevada City John Werry
Petaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holberton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kuster
[Santa Rosa Sanla Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon C. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. GooNS
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE "
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75,000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75,000
Railway
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place Population
■Alameda 28.000
'Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
»- 'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island.. 280
Antioch 1.800
«Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
'-'Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2.400
•Ben Lomond. . 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3,000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Center ville 850
'Chico 15,000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1,800
'Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
'- "Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1.700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
'Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
'Durham 300
'-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano. . . . 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
•Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
•Glen Ellen
'- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
•Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
•Hollister
•- 'lone
Irvington
•- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
•Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore. . . .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos. . . .
Madison
•Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marys ville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park...
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
Population
3,000
Place
Population Place
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6.600
1,050
1,100
225
300
350
2.900
350
500
300
•Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
3- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
•Novato.
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
Population
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley .
•Occidental ....
Pacheco
'-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
•Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton
Port Costa ....
'Redwood City.
'- •Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
•Rodeo
'- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo . .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1,000
3,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560.000
'San Jose 45,000
•San Juan.
'San Leandro . .
San Lorenzo . .
•San Martin. . .
'San Mateo. . . .
'San Pablo . . . .
'San Quentin . .
'San Rafael
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2.500
6,000
•Santa Clara. . .
•Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
•Shellville
Sheridan
Smartsville. . .
•Soquel
•Sonoma
'South San
Francisco . . .
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
•Stege
■ •Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
•Sutter Creek. .
Tiburon
•Tres Pinos. . . .
•Vacaville .
6.000
13,600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
'-•Vallejo 12,500
•Vineburg .
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•Watsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5.200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns. . 1 ,335.383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,716.894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
' — Electricity and Water.
• — Electricity suppUed through other companies
' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Water supplied through other companies.
'TACIFIC SERVICE'* FACTS:
^f^EJS BILLION cubic feet of gas was manufactured in the Com
f pany's seventeen plants in 1915.
This was sent through 2,650
miles of gas mains
(which in a line would reach from San
Francisco beyond Toledo, Ohio) and supplied 227,586 consumers
in forty-nine cities and towns whose total population is 1,138,000
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Contents for September, 1916
Panoramic View of the Bear Valley-Lake
Spaulding Region Frontispiece
RAISING LAKE SPAULDING DAM— By the
Addition of Thirty-Five Feet of Con-
crete TO This Giant Structure the
Storage Capacity of Spaulding Reser-
voir Will Be Increased Just Fifty Per
Cent Frederick S. Myrtle . 131
HOW MEMBERS OF THE A. I. E. E. HELD
CONVENTION IN SIX CITIES OF THE
COUNTRY SIMULTANEOUSLY 140
"CO-OPERATION" J. Chas. Jordan . .141
THE SAN FRANCISCO DAIRY COMPANY—
Supplied BY "Pacific Service" .... F.S.Gray .... 142
THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE'S RELA-
TION TO THE INDUSTRY R.E.Fisher ... 144
ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS AUTHOR-
IZED 147
"PACIFIC SERVICE" SECTION TENNIS
TOURNAMENT— Sixth Annual Handi-
cap Singles The Committee . .148
DOINGS OF "PACIFIC SERVICE" SECTION,
N. E. L. A /?. W. Robinson . . 152
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A. F. Hockenbeamer 154
EDITORIAL 156
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 158
Index to Advertisers
AUis-Chalmers Mfg. Co ii
Associated Oil Go vii
Rastian-Morley Co viii
Chaplin-Fulton Mfg. Co , vi
Day, Thomas (jO x
General F.lectric Go iii
General Gas Light Go ii
Goodyear Rubber Go x
Halsey, N. W., & Go 4th page cover
Mercantile Trust Go. of San Francisco v
Nickerson, John, Jr i
Pacific Meter Go vii
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1st page cover
Pelton Water Wheel Co vi
Pierson, Roeding & Co iv
Roebling's, John A., Sons Go viii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc vi
Sprague Meter Go vi
Standard Underground Gable Co vii
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co v
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank. . 1st page cover
Welsbach Company viii
Western Engineering Publishing Co x
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California v
Westinghouse Klectric & Mfg. Go ix
White, J. G., Engineering Corporation vii
Wood, R. D., & Go iv
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VOL. VIII
SEPTEMBER, 1916
No. 4
Raising Lake Spaulding Dam
By the Addition of Thirty -five Feet of Concrete to
This Giant Structure the Storage Capacity
of the Spaulding Reservoir will be
Increased Just Fifty Per Cent
By FREDERICK S. MYRTLE
THERE is life in the Spaulding region
once more.
Readers of Pacific Service Magazine
will remember the activities of 1912 and
1913, when the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company's cherished project of damming
the waters of the South Yuba at Lake
Spaulding, thereby creating water storage
of sufficient capacity to feed a string of
powerhouses stretching from Bear Valley
to below Auburn and, at the same time,
provide irrigation for the deciduous fruit
lands of the eastern section of the Sacra-
mento Valley, was partly realized by the
completion of Lake Spaulding dam to a
height of two hundred and twenty-five
feet above stream level and, in connec-
tion therewith, the construction of Drum
power plant in the Bear River gorge nine
miles below.
It was generally regarded as a feat of
engineering, and it was accomplished in
record time. The idea of damming the
waters of the South Yuba at Lake Spauld-
ing had presented itself to the company's
engineers as early as 1905, and surveys
were actually made, but the disaster of
1906 and the period of financial uneasi-
ness which followed necessitated a post-
ponement of constructional activities, and
it was not until well into the summer of
1912, permission having been obtained
from the State Railroad Commission, that
what has been called "The Big Job" was
started. The season is short in the sum-
mit region of the Sierra Nevada, and a
veritable feat was accomplished at Lake
Spaulding ere winter snows rendered sur-
face work impossible in the construction
of a foundation dam and flume to take
care of the storm waters. There were
hardships connected with that prelimi-
nary work which tried out the grit of the
men, but they safely accomplished their
task of making all taut against the winter
season.
The progress of our South Yuba-Bear
River development has been described in
detail in previous issues of Pacific Serv-
ice Magazine. Suffice it, then, at this
time to remind our readers that during
that winter of 1912-13 a tunnel was bored
through some 4400 feet of rock that
blocked the way across country from the
South Yuba Canyon at Spaulding into
Bear Valley; while lower down, where
snows do not block traffic, the Bear River
canal from Colfax to Clipper Gap was en-
larged in anticipation of the increased
volume of water that would be sent swirl-
ing valleyward when the Spaulding dam
should fill and Drum power plant begin
shooting electric energy along one hun-
dred and ten miles of steel tower line to
the company's main high-tension distrib-
uting station at Cordelia; that surface
work all over the development was re-
sumed in the spring of 1913 and such
rapid progress made that on Thanksgiv-
ing Day of that year our Vice-President
and General Manager, Mr. John A. Brit-
ton, closed the switch that set the new
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niacIiiiuTv in motion and added 33,000
horsepower of electric energy to the com-
prehensive system known far and wide
as "Pacific Service."
During tliat year of 1913 some prelimi-
nary work was done upon two of the
additional power developments through
which it was planned to take advantage
of the 4500 feet difTerence in elevation
between Spaulding and a point in Auburn
Ravine, below Newcastle, which marked
the site for the last in the proposed chain
of six power plants. Developments 4
and 5 were surveyed, the site for the
former powerhouse being located in
Christian Valley, near Clipper Gap, for
the latter in Auburn Ravine, just below
the town of that name. Some tunneling
and ditch work was done, and founda-
tions dug. But the actual work of con-
struction was postponed until early this
year, when, as our readers have already
been informed, camps were set up, gangs
of men turned loose and now^ the two de-
velopments are nearing completion. These
have been named, respectively, the N. W.
Halsey and James H. Wise developments,
the former in commemoration of the late
Mr. N. W. Halsey, a director of our com-
pany and head of the firm of N. W. Hal-
sey & Co., that has handled "Pacific
Service" securities for many years, the
latter in memory of the young engineer
who started the Spaulding dam construc-
tion work and w'as in charge of that de-
velopment when he met his untimely
death in September, 1912.
It is to insure these two developments
sufficient supply of w^ater to enable them
to add another 33,000 horsepower to the
electric-generating capacity of our "Pa-
cific Service" system that our engineers
have set about increasing the size of
Spaulding dam. It was in the beginning
riic liig (lam really lor the iww coiisliuctioii work that will add thirty-flve feet to its height.
Note tlif lornis ready for concrete pouring.
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View of the up-strcam face of SpaaUUnt^ dam. On the north shore of the lake is seen tlie
new railroad trestle and location of spillway dam.
estimated that the South Yuba-Bear River
development when fully completed should
have an aggregate electric-generating ca-
pacity of, in round numbers, 162,000
horsepower, and that to meet the require-
ments in water storage the dam at Lake
Spaulding should be constructed to a
height of 305 feet above stream level. Its
completion to a height of 225 feet, there-
fore, was regarded in the nature of a
first installment. The second installment
is now in process of construction.
Raising Spaulding dam from a height
of 225 feet to one of 260 feet above stream
level will increase the available storage
in the lake from 40,700 acre feet to 61,100
acre feet, a net increase of 20,400 acre
feet, or a shade over fifty per cent, over
the quantity impounded by the dam at
its present height. This additional sup-
ply will not only afford increased facili-
ties for power development throughout
the South Yuba-Bear River system but
will increase the average available output
during the short water season. Spaulding
dam is arched in plan and of a type de-
veloped by our engineers, its main fea-
ture being a varying radius on the up-
stream side at different elevations so the
pressure is kept as nearly constant as
possible; in other words, it is what en-
gineers call "a constant angle arched
dam," a very desirable structure for our
purpose, since the arch action in the dam
can be utilized to a maximum degree at
each elevation, an advantage which makes
for economy of construction through
economy of building material. As it is
now, the dam is provided with sufficient
concrete in its section of the arch above
an elevation of 4660 feet to stand an ex-
tension of 35 feet in height above its
present crest elevation (4825 feet) with-
out any addition to its thickness.
In its first construction, 153,806 cubic
yards of concrete were poured, and in
the work now in progress 16,000 cubic
yards will be added.
This is not the only construction work
that has to be undertaken at the present
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itime. Raising the dam thirty-five feet
^will raise the high-water mark on the
Ishore of the lake just so much, so that
lin order to meet conditions arising there-
from it will be necessary to take care of
Idips in the landscape, particularly on the
morth side. The present north spillway,
for instance, will have to be raised forty
feet; in fact, it will disappear altogether
las a spillway and in its place will rise
ia cluster of three gravity type dams span-
ning as many gaps, averaging sixty feet
in height and containing altogether 9000
cubic yards of concrete. There will be
one concrete spillway constructed in a
; canyon nearer to the big dam and at
1 present spanned by a railroad trestle, it
I having been found necessary to construct
i a railroad from the big dam along the
I north shore of the lake to carry material
( over to the north spillway. This new
J spillway will be four or five feet in
I height above the present ground surface
; and will contain from 1000 to 1200 cubic
yards of concrete. The accompanying
illustration should afford the reader an
idea of what the work involves. By the
plan map is shown where new construc-
tion work is necessary in order to take
care of the rising waters. In this plan
of Lake Spaulding the high-water con-
tour is plainly marked. At the extreme
upper left corner the main Spaulding
dam is shown with its arch pointing up-
wards against the water pressure. From
there along the line of high water a dis-
tance of nearly 3000 feet is marked the
location of the new spillway dam where
the overflow from all excessive run-offs
will be taken care of. As already stated,
only one spillway dam will be con-
structed in this new work. From that,
following a 4860-foot contour to the site
of the present north spillway is found
the location of the next dam — or, rather,
series of dams, for there are to be three
small gravity type dams in as many
"draws" — labeled Dam No. 2.
To facilitate the raising of Spaulding dam the water in the lake has been lowered. This
picture shows high-water mark when the 225-foot dam is full.
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Bird's-eye view of Lake Spauldiiig Horn tlie company's lookout station on Lincoln Highway
above Emigrant Gap.
In llie map referred to the sectional
plan showing curvature and profde sec-
tion showing river gorge are interesting
features of illustration. The south wall
of the gorge is a nearly vertical cliff.
So once again the Lake Spaulding re-
gion becomes a scene of exceptional ac-
tivity. Overland trains are being flagged
daily at Smart, a little station in the snow
sheds the other side of Emigrant Gap,
and streams of men pass to and fro in a
miniature reproduction of the big doings
of 1913. The old Smart mill remains in-
active, as yet, but Camp No. 1 is very
much alive, and the Engineers' Head-
quarters on the lake side are fully oc-
cupied. When the writer paid a visit
there during the last week of August two
hundred men were at work, and it was
the intention to increase this number to
three hundred inimedialely. There is no
time to lose, for tlie contractors have en-
gaged to complete the work before rude
winter sets in and drives humanity from
the summit region of the Sierra Nevada.
The greater part of the machinery used
in the first construction work has been
called into requisition, notably the big
concrete mixing plant that overhangs
the big dam. In 1913 this plant, consist-
ing of four No. 14, 42-cubic foot Smith
mixers, was required to deliver concrete
at the rate of one cubic yard from each
mixer every two minutes, in order to en-
able the placing of 1300 cubic yards of
concrete per day as an average daily out-
put for one month. The best month's
record in eight months' time showed the
placing of 40,485 cubic yards of concrete
in the dam. This was during the month
of August, 1913. It was the perfect gravity
system that made it possible to distribute
this tremendous mass of concrete over
the large area of the dam in so short a
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137
time, it being a question merely of solv-
ing the transportation problem in getting
the concrete materials to the front. The
big mixers emptied their concrete into a
chute two and one-half feet deep and two
feet wide which zig-zagged down the
canyon side to the dam, then, in the later
stages of construction, the concrete was
picked up by a 24-inch conveyor belt
which did the distributing. In the pres-
ent work only two of the mixers will be
used, as with the increased height of the
dam it becomes necessary to distribute
the concrete by means of a tram running
along the crest on a trestle. The same
chute will be used, but will now dis-
charge into a hopper for tram-car de-
livery. The work
will be accom-
plished in two
"lifts" of seven-
teen and one half
feet each. Ac-
companying il-
lustrations show
the forms in
place for the
first "lift."
As before
stated, the con-
crete for the
spillway and
gravity dams on
the north shore
of the lake will
be delivered by
a small railroad
running across
the main dam
after its comple-
tion and follow-
ing the 4860-foot
contour of the
lake shore if)
where its frciglil
will be dumped
into the concrete
mass.
It was decided
by the manage-
ment to have the
present construction work done by con-
tract. Bids were received early in July,
and on the twenty-fourth day of that
month the contract was awarded to
Twohy Bros. Company, railroad and gen-
eral contractors, whose headquarters are
at Portland, Oregon, but whose opera-
tions extend not only over the Pacific
Coast but, also, the Middle West and part
of Canada. Twohy Bros. Company im-
mediately commenced assembling their
plant, and on August 27th the first con-
crete was poured upon the main dam.
The contractors are bending every energy
to complete the work by November 1st.
Their representative on the ground is Mr.
George W. Boschke, who is in charge of
Lookout Point is an admirable scenic resting-place.
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their San Francisco ollice. Mr. Boschke
was formerly chief engineer of the Har-
riman lines in the Northwest and is
famed for his construction of the Gal-
veston seawall built after tlie disaster of
1900.
During the Spaulding construction work
in IDl.'i carloads of gravel were brought
in daily from pits leased by the company
in the bed of Bear River, near Colfax,
with additional supplies from Wads-
worth, Nevada. This time the contract-
ors are taking rock from the mountain
side within reach of the dam, and crush-
ing it on the spot. They are hauling their
sand from Marysville and their cement
from the two largest Californian factories,
located, respectively, near Santa Cruz and
Suisun. The proportion of mixing is
six parts by volume of crushed rock,
three parts by volume of sand and -one
part by volume of cement. Our own en-
gineers, of course, are inspecting every
detail of the work.
The present job is under the direction
of our Mr. P. M. Downing, as chief engi-
neer, with >rr. H. C. Vensano as civil and
hydraulic engineer, and Mr. 0. W. Peter-
son field engineer at Spaulding. The de-
signs and plans of Spaulding dam and
spillway w'ere started in 1912 by Mr. R.
G. ClifTord under the direction of Mr.
James H. Wise. Upon Mr. Wise's death
Mr. F. G. Baum took charge of the work
and carried it to completion. Mr. F. G.
Baum is still in the company's service as
consulting engineer.
Eventually, then. Lake Spaulding dam
will be one of the highest as well as
largest concrete structures of its type in
the world. Other well-known examples
include the Roosevelt dam, 204 feet; the
Shoshone dam, 326 feet, and the Arrow
Rock dam, 351 feet, all of which are
rated in height above bedrock, and com-
pare with Spaulding dam at 277 feet
above bedrock.
OUR LOOKOUT POINT AT
EMIGRANT GAP
Lake Spaulding had long been known
to sportsmen, for there is excellent fish-
ing to be had in the lake and the hills
around it abound with game; but until
I recently it was but little known to
tourists. The overland trains pass
through the snowsheds within a
mile of the lake and the whole sur-
A model tlitili ciiiiip. I'itinan camp, on Drum cannl, and saddle flume crossing the ravine.
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139
rounding country is redolent of romance
and historical reminiscence, but it has
been left to "Pacific Service" to establish
the Spaulding region as one of Califor-
nia's scenic wonders.
During the early construction days en-
gineers and others made liberal use of
the overland highway that runs between
Colfax and Truckee, for the way into
Spaulding by road leaves that highway at
Emigrant Gap and winds down the hill
that overlooks Bear Valley. Our people,
then, had opportunity to appreciate the
beauties of the landscape that lay spread
out beneath them at that highest point,
and it was discovered that by climbing a
few feet of rock at the roadside one
could obtain a complete sweep of the
whole territory, taking in Old Man Moun-
tain and Signal Peak on the eastern hori-
zon and reaching down below Bear Val-
ley reservoir on the west. And so, the
idea suggested itself of interesting pass-
ing tourists in the scene and establish-
ing a lookout station where the traveler
might rest from his journey, breathe of
that pure mountain air and feast his eyes
in contemplation of Nature's grandeurs.
The result is that, today, as the motor-
ist tops the eminence that overlooks Emi-
grant Gap he is confronted by a sign
which cries "Stop"! That, how^ever, the
warning is not of some railroad crossing
is made apparent a few yards farther on.
The story is told in the picture on the
front cover of the present issue of Pa-
cific Service Magazine. A picturesque
lookout station has been constructed un-
der the direction of tlie management. A
flight of broad stone steps leads from the
roadway to a balcony, also constructed
of rock, with a sort of summer-house at
the best point of vantage where one can
rest in the shade. There are tables and
benches for the use of those who would
lunch there, and there is a visitors' book
in which all may enter their names. It
took a gang of men three weeks to con-
struct that lookout station and it cost
some hundreds of dollars, but that the
labor and money were well spent is evi-
denced by results. As has been remarked
before, the season is short in the Sierra
Nevada and this year's visitors' book
opened only on June 11th; yet it is now
almost full. There is an average of about
fifty names a day; not bad for a some-
what lonesome spot that although on the
overland route across the mountains is,
nevertheless, far from the busy haunts of
men.
Some distinguished names are in that
visitors' book. The writer on looking
through it the other day came across the
autograph of Mr. George T. Marye, re-
cently United States ambassador to Rus-
sia, who with his accompanying party
lingered a while by the spot where, in the
historical days of journeys across the
plains, travelers upon that trail that
crossed the ridge at Emigrant Gap into
Bear Valley lowered their ox teams and
wagons down the steep hillside by ropes.
It is safe to say that each succeeding year
will bring more and more visitors to our
company's lookout station.
Lake Spaulding itself is becoming a
favorite camping ground. Furthermore,
the management is cherishing a plan to
establish a clubhouse, a vacation resting
place for employees, upon a rocky emi-
nence that when the lake is full will be
entirely surrounded by water. There may
the dolce far niente be enjoyed to the
full, for there is life and energy in every
breath of that fine air.
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Pacific Service Magazine
How Members of the A. I. E. E. Held
Convention in Six Cities of the
Country Simultaneously
THK most remarkable gatliering in the
history of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers was held on the
evening of Tuesday, May IGth, when rep-
resentatives of the Institute in six dif-
ferent cities of the United States held a
simultaneous meeting by means of the
long distance telephone.
The cities chosen were Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and
San Francisco. This unique meeting was
planned to commemorate the activities of
members of the Institute in the fields of
communication, transportation, light and
power. The auditoriums in the six cities
in which the meetings were held were
cf)nnccted by telephone and each person
who attended was provided with an in-
dividual telephone receiver. Each of the
participating gatherings took an active
part in the general conduct of the meet-
ing and all of the speakers, scattered over
the country from Boston to San Fran-
cisco, were distinctly heard by everyone
in attendance.
President J. J. Garty presided over the
entire meeting from New York City. The
presiding officers in the other cities were:
San I'rancisco, Mr. A. H. Babcock; Chi-
cago, Mr. W. J. Norton; Atlanta, Mr. A. M.
Schocn; Philadelphia, Mr. J. H. Tracy;
Boston, Prof. Charles B. Cross. The roll
of cities was called and Atlanta reported
500 present, San Francisco 750, Boston
900, Philadelphia 850, Chicago 1000 and
New York 1100. President Carty sent
greetings to all members assembled in the
dilfercnt parts of the United States, con-
gratulating them upon the flourishing con-
dition of the Institute and the manifold
achievements of its membership. He read
a message from President Wilson at
Washington extending his congratulations
and expressing deep appreciation of the
work of the Institute in the development
of the country's resources.
As the telephone played a most impor-
tant part in the proceedings it was quite
in order that among those present should
be Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone and past president of
the Institute, and Mr. Theo. N. "Vail, presi-
dent of the American Telephone Com-
pany and a charter member of the Insti-
tute. Both were heard in appropriate ad-
dresses of congratulation and encourage-
ment. Mr. Thomas A. Watson, an early
associate of Dr. Bell in the development
of the telephone, also sent greetings to
the electrical engineers scattered all over
the United States, Another distinguished
engineer present was Mr. C. le Maistre,
official delegate of the British engineering
societies, who offered cordial greetings
in behalf of the International Electro-
technical Commission and the Engineer-
ing Standards Committee of Great Britain.
During the evening the telephonic pro-
ceedings were suspended for half an hour
to provide for the delivery of local ad-
dresses in the six cities represented.
These addresses were delivered to audi-
ences of the different sections by noted
educators, as follows: Boston, Dr. A.
Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard
LTniversity; New York, Dr. John H. Fin-
ley, president of the University of the
State of New York; Philadelphia, Dr. Ed-
gar H. Smith, provost of the University
of Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Dean C. E. Fer-
ris of the engineering faculty of the Uni-
versity of Tennessee; Chicago, Dr. Harry
Pratt Judson, president of the University
of Chicago; San Francisco, Dr. Ray Ly-
man Wilbur, president of Leland Stan-
ford, .Ir., University. The keynote of all
the local addresses was the work and ac-
comjilishments of the engineers.
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141
On the resumption of telephone pro-
ceedings greetings were received from
the different sections. Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, New York and Philadelphia were
heard from, and then came San Fran-
cisco's greeting presented by Mr. John A.
Britton in the following language:
"San Francisco hails its fellow mem-
bers of the Institute. Our potentials have
created your possibilities and our neces-
sities provoked j^our initiative, an initia-
tive undisturbed by referendum or recall,
California has by the pioneer spirit of
domination created needs which the
world has followed — the snow-crowned
. Sierras opened up the path of gold to the
path of energy, which tonight makes it
possible for us on the western rim of
the continent of peace to be in instant
touch with men who have harnessed
rivers, bridled precipices, drawn from
the ether that silent and unseen energy
that has leveled distance and created
force to move the world along lines of
greater civilization by closer contacts.
Hail to the engineers, harbingers of peace
and usefulness."
It was in every way a remarkable gath-
ering and one which will mark a record
among the various engineering societies
of the world for years to come. It struck
a new note, as it were.
''Co-Operation
By J. GHAS. JORDAN, Oakland District
99
It is often said that man should be
adapted for the work he undertakes.
However, this seldom occurs. Man more
often finds that it becomes necessary for
him to adapt himself to the environment.
We are now in an age of specializing.
But we cannot assume to stay within too
small bounds. We must branch out, see
what the other fellow is doing; learn
what part the other departments play in
our organization. As it were, we must
keep in touch with all branches of the
service.
Business is nothing more or less than
supplying one another's wants.
Let us assume that each individual in
the employ of the company is a sales-
man. Every man has something to sell,
perhaps his services, possibly experi-
ence, or, maybe, the goods we manu-
facture and supply.
From the laborer to the general man-
ager, we are all concerned in the sale of
our products. We aid in producing; why
not aid in disposing of them?
While it may be true that each man
in the organization does not come in
direct touch with the buyer or user of
our products, still nevertheless, he in his
individual capacity aids in making up
that which we present to the public.
The salesman who solicits the business
of a prospective consumer must feel con-
fident that each member of the or-
ganization is co-operating with him.
We must not lose sight of the fact that
the consumer pays our salary. He is
the one that is most affected by the serv-
ice rendered.
Today we find that most executives are
taken from the ranks of the workers;
men who have started young and gained
a practical experience. Men who suc-
ceed must be ambitious. They must be
interested in more than their particular
line. They make a study of the business
in which they are engaged.
The employee who helps to perpetuate
a business is never jobless. As the busi-
ness grows so the jobs grow. Men get
big jobs by making little jobs bigger.
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The San Francisco Dairy Company
Supplied by 'Pacific Service'
By F. S. GRAY, Assistant Manager Contract Department
IN VIEW of tlie recent legislation mak-
ing it compulsory that all milk sold
in San Francisco be pasteurized, a de-
scription of the up-to-date plant of one
of our consumers may prove of interest
to readers of Pacific Service Magazine.
The former method of pasteurization
consisted of heating the milk up to a
high point, namely, 160 to 170 degrees,
and then immediately reducing the tem-
perature. This system, however, was in-
efficient, and resulted not only in the de-
struction of the cream-rising properties
and enzimes of the milk, but with this in-
complete pasteurization
the flavor was also de-
stroyed.
Under the Davis sys-
tem of pasteurization in-
stalled at the San Fran-
cisco Dairy Company, lo-
cated at 1553 Turk Street,
San Francisco, the meth-
od has been completely
revolutionized, and the
milk instead of being
heated from between 160
to 170 degrees, as form-
erly, is now heated to
the lower temperature of
140 degrees and main-
tained at this tempera-
ture for thirty minutes
in porcelain-lined hot-
water jacketed holding
vats. This method of
pasteurization eliminates
the f)l)jecli()nal features
of the former systems,
and while completely de-
stroying the bacteria il
does not affect the flavoi
of the milk nor does il
injure its cream-rising
properties, but leaves it
in the same wholesome and nutritious
condition as when drawn from the cow.
In the design of a modern dairy there
are practically six subdivisions of the
work, namely, first pasteurization and
holding equipment; second, clarifying
equipment for the removal of all foreign
substances; third, bottle-w^ashing equip-
ment; fourth, bottle-filling equipment;
fifth, refrigerating equipment; sixth, cold
storage boxes.
In the San Francisco Dairy Company
the milk is received on a large elevator
in the rear of the building and taken to
\ tlioroiii^lily up-to-date Ijottle-iilling (-quipment.
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143
"When the empty milk bottles
are returned they are taken on
gravity conveyors directly to the
large high-pressure bottle washer
where they are subjected to an
enormous pressure in three dif-
ferent washing solutions, two
rinsing solutions and finally a
w-^^ifimmtiii^M^^^kc .
the receiving room upstairs,
where samples are taken and
tests made for butter fat and
bacteria. The milk in the i
meantime is emptied into a
large receiving and straining
vat, and from this it flows by
gravity down to the large
clarifier, which entirely re-
moves all foreign substances.
From the clarifier it passes into a 300-
gallon porcelain-jacketed agitating vat,
where it is held and kept cool until the
time of pasteurizing starts. It is then
heated immediately to a temperature of
140 degrees and from the heater it runs
to the holder, where the temperature of
140 degrees is maintained for thirty min-
utes. The milk is then automatically re-
leased from the holder and passes down
over the water and brine cooler which
immediately cools it to a temperature of
38 degrees. After the milk leaves the
brine cooler, it flows into the porcelain
tank of an automatic rotary bottle filler
and capper, where it is immediately filled
and capped. The bottles are in this way
filled and sealed without being handled
by the operators. From the bottle filler
and capper, the milk bottles pass into the
cold storage room, which is kept at a
temperature of 38 degrees and the milk
stored until the wagons start out for
dclivcrv.
Upper view shows washing and sterilizing equipment;
lower view is of refrigerating plant.
steam sterilizing solution, thus insuring
absolutely clean and sterile bottles.
The storage room for clean empty bot-
tles is dust and dirt proof, as well as fly
proof, thereby eliminating any danger
from contamination during their passage
from the large bottle washer until filled
and placed in the cold storage box. A
modern refrigerating equipment is located
in the basement of the building for keep-
ing the cold storage rooms at the neces-
sary temperature of 38 degrees.
The equipment was supplied by the
L. A. Watkins Merchandise Company of
Denver, Colorado, and was installed un-
der the supervision of Mr. Charles V.
Grant, refrigerating engineer of the same
company. The general contractor for the
building was Mr. A. M. Wallen of San
Francisco.
The entire plant is electrically driven,
and the lighting is of the most modern
type. "Pacific Service" supplies the elec-
tricity for the plant.
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The Individual Employee's Relation
to the Industry
By R. E. FISHER, Commercial Department
Paper read by Mr. Fisher before the members of "Pacific Service" Section, y. E. L. A.
IT HAS been stated times without num-
ber that to successfully sell any
commodity the seller must first honestly
and sincerely believe in what he is sell-
ing. He must convince himself before he
can hope to convince others. Any per-
son selling a commodity in which he
himself doesn't truly believe is a busi-
ness hypocrite, and hypocrisy is as much
to be shunned in business as in private
life. In business life today we find a
few men trying to do this very thing.
Their apparent success is not of a lasting
nature, however.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are
spent annually by the electrical industry
in trying to convince the public to "Do
It Electrically" by using electricity in
every possible way in the home, on the
farm, in the office and factory. They
are succeeding to a certain extent, but
the public, in sizing up the situation,
looks to the electrical fraternity with the
inquiry: "You electrical people advise
us continually to 'Do It Electrically;' but,
do you, yourselves? Do you practise
what you preach?"
In my opinion the public is certainly
justified in the question, for, can you
conceive of any manufacturer of or dealer
in any commodity not using and boosting
his own line of goods at every oppor-
tunity and in every way possible? The
dealer in bad whiskey is about the only
man who doesn't use his own product.
He doesn't practice what he preaches, for
very good reasons.
The electrical industry as a whole is
not very consistent along these lines. It
is estimated that in the immediate vicin-
ity of San Francisco there are approxi-
mately six thousand persons directly
engaged in the electrical industry, which
includes the central stations, manufac-
turers, manufacturers' agents, jobbers,
dealers and contractors. Consider for a
moment the tremendous advertising and
selling possibilities of this army alone if
their active support could be enlisted in
furthering the cause of electricity, and,
in addition to these, the indirect influ-
ence of their immediate families, also
the associated lines of the industries,
such as telephone, telegraph, street car
and the kindred lines of industry. But
that old, old, but nevertheless true say-
ing of "What is everybody's business is
nobody's business" applies here to the
electrical industry. With a few excep-
tions, each line plods along paddling its
own canoe, not seeming to realize that
each is appealing to the same Public, nor
that united action and educational effort
would prove of vast benefit to the indus-
try as a whole.
The recent jitney problem presented
an excellent opportunity for the demon-
stration of the possibilities of this united
action.
Not many years ago the manufacturers
of electrical appliances and other cur-
rent-consuming devices said: "Well, the
responsibility of educating and convinc-
ing the public to the use of things elec-
trical rests with the central station, for
we sell an appliance but once, while the
power company sells its product indefi-
nitely." Fortunately this situation has
worked itself into a broad co-operative
movement in which all the interested
agencies assume their proper responsi-
bilities in the matter of educating the
public generally as to the uses of elec-
tricity. However, the public still looks
and always will look to the power com-
pany for advice, instruction and example
Pacific Service Magazine
145
in the use of current-consuming devices,
realizing that the power company should
believe in the use of its product and be
in a position to give unbiased advice.
So the burden of proof, the initiative
and the practical demonstration rests and
will rest with us, the employees of the
central stations in the communities in
which we operate. For, each of us,
unknowingly possibly, exerts a certain
and definite influence upon our friends
who go to make up the public, and it
certainly is our duty to use this influ-
ence to the benefit of our company. The
products we deal in contribute to the
comfort and betterment of all mankind,
and from this viewpoint alone we can
conscientiously feel that we are being of
real and lasting service in spreading its
use.
How important a matter it is, then, for
every employee, whether he be manager,
collector, bookkeeper or clerk, no matter
how far removed from actual operating
or commercial lines, to keep abreast of
the rapid developments of the industry,
in order that he or she may talk intelli-
gently to inquiring and receptive people.
We all know that every loyal employee
of this company would be up and fighting
should any aspersions be cast at our
leaders or at the policies of the company.
Isn't it just as reasonable and logical that
every employee be equally patriotic and
energetic to further the use of the com-
pany's products, in order that the com-
pany may render a still greater service to
the community?
Central station employees are prone to
unconsciously divide ourselves into four
general classes, namely: the makers, the
sellers, the auditors and the overseers.
In "Pacific Service" there should be but
one general class — The Servers; and each
of us owes to the company, ourselves and
the other fellow, a certain interest in the
problems and accomplishments of the
other departments. This interest will
manifest itself in practical co-operation.
I mean that co-operation which is always
mindful of the proper channels of
organization.
The commercial man is probably as
deficient and uninterested in the activ-
ities and work of other departments as
other employees are uninterested in the
commercial side of the business. For
instance, how many commercial men of
this company have followed and studied
the laying of the Golden Gate cables sufii-
ciently to be able to explain their neces-
sity and purpose to the public in such a
way as to redound to the benefit of the
company in a commercial way? How
many employees of the electrical side
know anything at all of the purpose and
economies of the Jones Gas Generato ,
or why the Cordelia substation was lo-
cated at Cordelia instead of San Jose, or
Woodland?
These are matters of general informa-
tion which should interest every thinking
employee, that is, if he has any desire to
advance and perform his full duty toward
the company and to the public. Of course
a great many of the ultra-conservative
and the just-hold-my-job-down kind of
employees will tell you, "Ohl I should
worry, I do my work — let the other fel-
low do his." Or, he may say, "The elec-
trical business will grow anyway, nothing
can stop it. Why should I try to con-
vince the public or anybody else as to
the uses of gas and electricity? That's
all right for you sales or commercial
people, but I am an engineer — I design
the plants to furnish electricity," or "I
am an auditor — it is my job to get the
money," and so on. But all employees
must realize that the individual acts and
attitude of each of us influence the public,
and the public is where the revenue
comes from. The company's service to
the public is valued in direct proportion
to the value that each employee holds for
the company and its product. And, as
previously stated, if for no other cause
than loyalty, we should all be in a posi-
tion to take advantage of any opportunity
for the company's interest.
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It is an easy matter to pass along the
talk that gas and electricity are great
servants of mankind, but to familiarize
ourselves by actual and intelligent use in
our own homes is the quickest way in
which to really know whereof we speak.
When we have practised this we can
then begin to induct other people along
similar lines. Any employee of a power
company who would today still persist
in lighting his home with coal-oil lamps
would certainly be the laughing stock of
the community, to say nothing of being a
business hypocrite. This being granted
in the case of lighting, why not in the
case of a flat-iron, toaster or other de-
vices which have become so common that
they are no longer luxuries or mere
conveniences, but actual necessities?
Surely any employee of "Pacific Service"
who, in spite of all this, doesn't use some
gas or electrical appliance, or both, is
not only inconsistent, but a poor example
for the public to follow.
In furthering the gospel of "Do It
Electrically," it is well that we bear in
mind the assistance which is ours for
the asking from the other branches of the
industry. The central station is only a
part. There is an army of other people
represented by the manufacturers, the
jobbers, dealers and contractors, whose
interests in many ways are identical with
ours. It is of the greatest importance
that we widen our acquaintance with
these people. We need their assistance
and they need ours. The first essential
for any co-operation is acquaintanceship.
I appreciate that some of us are engaged
in lines of work which do not offer very
many opportunities to rub elbows with
the outside electrical world; yet there are
a number of associations, such as the
American Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers, the Gas Association, the Electrical
Development League, and our own N. E.
L. A., open to all, and the educational
campaign of the N. E. L. A. presents a
wonderful opportunity for getting ac-
quainted with the other fellow's game.
llie only person who can get along .
without meeting other men is a hermit,
and the farther we get away from the
hermit style the broader and more useful
we become, provided we cultivate that
trait of "teachableness" which Dr. Palmer
of Plymouth Center so forcibly brought
to our attention a few' evenings ago.
"Teachableness and alertness," he told us,
are the two qualities that open the door
of opportunity to every man.
Perhaps it will be news to some of you
that our immense reclamation load had
its beginning in a discussion on a train
between two men, which so impressed an
alert power man (and, by the way, he
was an engineer and not a commercial
man) that he immediately hit a telephone
and got the information in the hands of
the proper people, with the present re-
sult. Other valuable ideas and equally
important loads will have as small begin-
nings and it behooves us all to be alert
and assist all branches of the industry,
through their proper channels, a policy
which will be bound to prove beneficial
to the industry as a whole.
The other talks this evening show the
application of gas and electricity along
special lines — the practical application —
w^hile I have attempted to show the rela-
tion of the individual employee to the
industry as a wliolc, making for the
advancement of our service to the public.
Pacific Service Magazine
147
D
Additions and Betterments Authorized
DISTRICT
And Expenditure Authorized
Alameda Co.
$9,963.00
6,942.00
5,288.00
6,760.00
1,100.00
Petaluma
3,060.00
Marysville
1,810.00
San Joaquin
1,304.00
San Francisco
2,460.00
14,710.00
29,600.00
1,400.00
Yolo
4,925.00
□
Stanislaus
3,335.00
Sacramento
2.488.00
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
Extend 4-inch tubing on Davis Street from 4-inch at Clarke Street
to East Fourteenth, to city limits. Extend 6-inch tubing west on East
Fourteenth Street to San Leandro Creek; and 6-inch main on East Four-
teenth Street from Estudillo Avenue to Estabrook, and on Saunders
south to Washington Street, etc. East Fourteenth Street is to be paved.
Extend 4-inch main on Ward Street east from 4-inch west of California
to east line on California. Lay 2-inch main on property lines in district
bounded by Ashby, University, Lowell and Grove streets to tie dead
ends, to improve the service.
Elxtend 4-inch main in Forly-second Street west from 12-inch in Broad-
way to Webster. Elxtend 4-inch in Webster from end at Rich Street
to Forty-third Street; and tie in dead ends of 2-inch temporary main in
district bounded by Broadway, Telegraph Avenue, Forty-Second and
Cavour streets. To improve the service.
Build a 6-duct conduit line from Thirteenth Avenue along East Twelfth
Street to Twenty-third Avenue Place. Street is about to be paved.
Changing the ninety-eight remaining arc lamps in the city of Berkeley to
series tungstens (250 c. p.).
Installation of 5800 feet of 4-inch pipe from compressor station to gover-
nor pit on Meun Street. To improve the service.
Installing 7-inch main on bridge over Feather River between Marysville
and Yuba. To improve the service.
Six-inch water main extension on California Street from Vine to North
Street, for fire protection and service to new armory at California and
North streets.
Install service to supply South Windmill pumps in Golden Gate Park,
for city and county of San Francisco.
Removing overhead and replacing with undergound system on Twenty-
second Street between Howard and Dolores streets.
Moving of I 100-h. p. Heine boilers from Station "A" to boiler room of
Potrero Gas Works, including the dismantling of obsolete units and nec-
essary changes in pipe and flue connections and the installation of a com-
mon stack for the Stirling and the new Heine boilers. To provide ad-
ditional boiler capacity for Potrero Gas Works.
Underground extension of A. C. and D. C. mains to supply electric serv-
ice to Children's Detention Hospital; West Mission Street, between
Duboce and McCoppin streets.
Construct four miles ll-k. v. 3-phase line and install meter equipment
to supply 600 h. p. for pumping plant of District No. 1600. Line is to
tap Elkhorn line near Elkhorn and follow north along west levee of Dis-
trict No. 1600 to the plant.
Install a modern series street-lighting system in the town of Newman as
per new contract, using 250-c. p. and 100-c. p. type "C" Mazda lamps
to replace old street-lighting system.
Reconstructing the street surface on Third Street with a concrete and
asphalt pavement, from alley between Q and R streets to north line of T
Street, a distance of 910 feet.
D
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Pacific Service Magazine
Pacific Service Section Tennis
Tournament
Sixth Annual Handicap Singles
Ox September 2d, 3d and 4th the An-
nual Pacific Service Section Handi-
cap Single Tennis Tournament was played
on the Golden Gate Park courts in San
Francisco. The superintendent of Golden
Gate Park very kindly allotted two ten-
nis courts for our exclusive use. This has
been the largest tournament ever
held by "Pacific Service," forty-
five active players participating,
with approximately twenty who
were unable to compete, owing
to business and vacations; more-
over, it brought forth the best
tennis yet seen among "Pacific
Service" players.
The semi-final in the upper
half was contested by R. A. Mon-
roe and S. E. Carpenter, Monroe
winning by the score of 6-2, 2-6,
6-2. Had Carpenter devoted a
little more time to tennis this
year he would have undoubtedly
forced Monroe to extend himself
much more than he did. Carpen-
ter was serving in excellent form
and gave his opponent a great
deal of trouble on his service.
The semi-final in the lower half
was between I. C. Steele and G.
H. Isman, Steele winning by the
score of 6-3, 6-2. Isman in this
half was a great surprise to all.
The final round was between
Monroe and Steele, Monroe win-
ning by the score of 6-1. 1-6, 6-3.
This match brought out the best
tennis played throughout the
tournament and was greatly en-
joyed by interested spectators as
well as the P. G. & E. men. As
will be seen by the score it was
anybody's match up to the last
game.
With this article we are showing pic-
tures of these two men in action during
the match.
Verne Jones, 1915 cup holder, was un-
able to compete in this tournament owing
to the fact that he was scheduled in the
Inter-State Championship Tennis 'fourna-
OUPNAMLNT
kA
One of a series of clever cartoons by which Lcnn Edgren
(hrolhcr of Bob of that ilk) advertised
the tournament.
Pacific Service Magazine
149
Steele taken in mid-air.
ment. We were, therefore, very much
disappointed in not having him with us
on this occasion.
"Jack" Dodge, twice winner of the cup
and one of the most prominent and pop-
ular players in our tournaments, whom
all feared, like Maury McLoughlin was
unable to do the come-back stunt, due
most probably to lack of condition and
training. Jack says that he will immedi-
ately begin training for next year's tour-
nament, believing that this will be his
last chance to w^in the third leg of the
cup; and from his determined facial ex-
pression we believe he heartily means it.
Our substantial manager of the Land
Department, Earl B. Henley, overslept
the morning of the tournament and run-
ning for the car on the way to the city
fell over a pebble and sprained his ankle.
The tournament committee held a heated
argument and finally decided not to post-
pone the tournament on this account.
Reverting to come-backs, Harry Ven-
sano nearly put R. A. Monroe out of the
running, notwithstanding the fact that he
had played but once or twice during the
six months previous. If he had been in
better condition for the third set the re-
sult of the match might easily have been
reversed.
Our dear friend R. E. Fisher, who has
always lent his enthusiastic presence to-
ward the interest of the game, could not
be with us on account of a more impor-
tant engagement hunting deer.
Ed Szczepanski, playing his usual con-
sistent game, was finally beaten in a hard
match by Bob Monroe, the last set going
11-9. The photographs shown were taken
by him and thanks are extended him by
the tournament committee.
The accompanying cut of a tennis
poster w^as photographed from the orig-
inal drawn by Lenn Edgren who is em-
ployed by the company at Auburn. His
work has been greatly appreciated by all.
Harry Vensano was strictly on the job.
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Dodge assumed a determined attitude.
Our genial athletic committee manager,
K. I. Dazey, was in fine form for this
tournament, but at the last moment was
called out of town on company business
and was therefore unable to make the
showing which he promised against our
1916 champion. All of the old timers
expected a fine match between them.
W. G. Vincent unfortunately had to
default to G. H. Isman in the fourth
round. This was hard luck for Vincent,
as he certainly is playing a very strong
game this season, and would have no
doubt been a contender for final honors.
A. L. Trowbridge was disappointed in
not drawing his old opponent, E. B. Hen-
ley, and therefore promptly defaulted.
The following is the schedule of play
bv rounds:
FIRST ROUND
Robt. Stoops— SC—dpfeated T. C.
Tyrpr !-3/6 — by score of
J. F. Fit/pntrick (-15 defeated E. O.
F;rbentrant — SC — by score of
E. H. f;orbett — S/6 defeated R. C.
Knight — SC — by default
C. A. Griffin + 3 0 defeated M. W.
Sanborn +.1 '6 — by default.
6/0-6/3
6/4-6 0
E. N. Danforth— SC— defeatedlE. R.
Henley +3/6 by default.
C. Thompson + 3/6 defeated M. O.
Rriggs+15 by default.
S. E. Carpenter + 15 defeated H. H.
Dashicl — SC — by score of 6/3-6/2
C. R. Uhler + 15 defeated A. L.
Trowbridge +15 by default.
S. P. Rose + 15 defeated R. R.
Cowles — SC — by default.
\Vm. Hughes — 3/6 defeated D. Dixon
+3/6 by default.
G. M. Thomas— SC— defeated R. E.
Harris +15 by default.
E. E. Dodge — 15 defeated Jack Rrlt-
ton+3/6 by default.
R. E. Tregdige + 3/6 defeated R. C.
Griffin +15 by score of 6/1-6/0
SECOND ROUND
E. M. Szczepanski — 15 defeated C. E.
Duffin+3/6byscoreof 6/4-7/5
\V. Bates — SC — defeated W. Stephens
+ 15 by score of 6/1-6/3
H. C. Vensano — SC — defeated J. E.
Schoolcraft — SC — by score of. . . 6/0-6/1
R. A. Monroe — 15 defeated K. I. Dazy
+ 15 by default.
Robert Stoops — SC — defeated C. L.
LaR\ie +15 by score of 6/2-6/0
J. F. Fitzpatrick + 15 defeated
E. H. Corbett— 3/6 by score of. . . 6/2-6/4
C. A. Griffin + 3/6 defeated E. N.
Danforth — SC — by score of 6/2-6/2
S. E. Carpenter + 15 defeated C.
Thompson + 3/6 by default.
Steele steadying for a "smash.
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151
All the way from Oakland. J. F. Fitzpatrick.
S. P. Rose +15 defeated G. R.
UhIer+15 by default.
G. M. Thomas— SG— defeated Wm.
Hughes— 3/6 by default.
E. E. Dodge— 15 defeated E. Treg-
dige +3/6 by score of 6/2-9/7
I. G. Steele — 15 defeated M. A.
Savage + 15 by score of 6/0-6/2
G. H. Isman + 3/6 defeated P.
Bucher +15 by score of 6/1-6/3
E. A. Dunne — SG — defeated W. Van
Sandt +15 by score of 10/8-3/6-6/4
J. M. Mayfield—SG— defeated J. W.
Watson +3/6 by score of 2/6-6/4-6/4
W. G. Vincent— SG— defeated Ed.
Rogers — SG — by default.
THIRD ROUND
Szczepanski defeated Bates by score
of 6/0-6/0
Monroe defeated Vensano by score
of 6/3-6/3-6/8-6/2
Sloops defeated Fitzpatrick by score
of 6/2-6/4
Carpenter defeated Griflin by score of 6/2-6/3
Thomas defeated Rose by score of.. 6/2-6/0
Steele defeated Dodge by score of 6/8-6/2-6/3
Isman defeated Dunne by score of . . . . 6/3-4/6-6/1
Vincent defeated Mayfield by score
of 6/1-6
FOURTH ROUND
Monroe defeated Szczepsnaki by score
of
Carpenter defeated Stoops by score of
Steele defeated Thomas by score of . . .
Isman defeated Vincent by default.
SEMI FINAL ROUND
Monroe defeated Carpenter by score
of
Steele defeated Isman by score of
FINAL
Monroe defeated Steele by score of
6/3-11/9
1/6-6/1-6/4
6/3-6/2
6/2-2/6-6/2
6/3-6/2
6/1-1/6-6/3
The committee has plans formed for
our Seventh Annual Tournament and also
the Second Inter-District Tournament for
next year. We promise that these next
events will be even a greater success than
those of 1916, as a great deal of interest
is now being taken in tennis amongst the
outlying districts. We are about to state
that the company now has on its roster
the names of approximately one hundred
tennis players, many of whom give prom-
ise of developing into champions. Our
success in our 1916 tournaments has been
largely due to the unqualified support
tendered us both financially and morally
by the Pacific Service Association of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Aloiiroe (the winner) in far-flung action.
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Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.E.L.A.
U Chronicled by RALPH W. ROBINSON C
The first regular monthly meeting of
the new term was held on Tuesday eve-
ning, July 11th. This meeting was essen-
tially a patriotic one, the hall being deco-
rated with the national emblem and small
silk flags being provided for each person
in attendance. After the usual business
had been transacted, the chairman pre-
sented Mr. John A. Britton, who in man-
ner befitting the occasion introduced the
speaker of the evening, Hon. Samuel M.
Shortridge. "Patriotism" was the sub-
ject which Mr. Shortridge had chosen to
speak upon, and his eloquent and inspir-
ing address was listened to by a most
appreciative audience.
On the evening of July 25th, the first of
the scries of educational meetings for the
new term was held under the auspices
of the Electric Generating Department,
San Francisco District, Mr. Walter Hyde
presiding — the speakers of the evening
being Messrs. F. W. Small and E. A.
Rogers. Mr. Small gave a very interesting
talk illustrated by stereopticon views,
showing the methods used in drilling oil
wells in California, and how the oil is
transported by means of pipe lines and
tank steamers or barges to the ultimate
consumers. Mr. Rogers, with the aid of
lantern slides, described the process of
producing steam by burning crude oil
under the boilers at Station "A" of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, at San
Francisco, and showed some interesting
pictures of the large steam turbines and
their auxiliaries.
Our meeting of August 8th was in one
respect absolutely difTcrent from any
meeting heretofore held — the difference
being that ladies were invited to attend.
A special program had been provided, in-
cluding music bv the "Pacific Service"
Glee Club, under the leadership of Mr.
Lowell Redfield. The speaker of the eve-
ning was Mr. Kiyo Sue Inui, the famous
Japanese orator and statesman, who gave
his lecture entitled "A Glimpse of Japan,"
illustrated by some beautifully colored
stereopticon views, and also by motion
pictures. Our first Ladies' Night was a
decided success, and we hope it will
prove to be the forerunner of many sim-
ilar occasions.
The construction of Lake Spaulding
dam and the Drum, Halsey and Wise
power developments was the subject of
our meeting held on the evening of Au-
gust 22d, and those present, who num-
bered some two hundred, had the pleas-
ure of hearing Mr. P. M. Downing, chief
engineer of the 0. & M. Department, de-
scribe the wonderful work of conserva-
tion of natural resources which the com-
pany is undertaking in harnessing the
waters of the Bear River. Mr. Downing
presented a great many views of the con-
struction work now going on and of the
parts of the work already finished, and
explained them in such a way as to give
his audience a comprehensive idea of the
magnitude and scope of the company's
construction program.
There has recently been organized in
San Francisco a unique business enter-
prise called the Morris Plan Company,
designed to provide a system whereby
employees in cases of real emergency
may obtain financial assistance on reason-
able terms; and at our regular monthly
meeting on the evening of September 12th
Mr. James S. Utley, who is a director of
that company, gave an interesting and in-
structive address describing its opera-
tions. The Morris Plan Company is en-
dorsed by the leading business men of
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153
San Francisco, and is destined to drive
out the loan shark evil and to substitute
therefor a reputable business establish-
ment where any man of good character
and earning ability may obtain funds at
a reasonable rate of interest, and upon
terms of repayment which are within
his reach. At the close of his address
Mr. Utley spent some time in answering
questions regarding the Morris Plan.
The idea was originated about fifteen
years ago by Arthur J. Morris of Nor-
folk, Va., who saw the great need in this
country of an institution based upon the
industrial banking systems in Europe.
The problem of financially aiding men of
reputable character but not possessed of
either banking or commercial credit is
not easy of solution, but Mr. Morris
thought he saw a way to do what he
called, "fund the debts of the great
masses of population." The result was
the organization of a Morris Plan Com-
pany in Norfolk, and that initial enter-
prise was followed to the extent that the
plan is now in operation in fifty-two
cities of the United States.
It is neither a charitable nor philan-
thropic institution, yet it may be claimed
for it that it is organized to do banking
with a heart, for it undertakes to loan
money in small units, taking care of
cases that in the past have appealed only
to classes of money lenders and loan in-
stitutions that it was high time were
driven from this country. The plan has
proved successful everywhere and Mr.
Utley in the course of his address quoted
presidents of great railroads and heads
of other large labor-employing corpora-
tions as declaring that not only were they
not opposed to its principles but they
would like to see branches established
at all central points along the lines of
their operations. The principle upon
which the plan works is this:
A salaried employee needs a certain
sum of money, due to some pressing ne-
cessity. Here it may be said that the
Morris Plan people announce emphatic-
ally that they will not entertain applica-
tions for loans desired for purposes
which, upon investigation, prove to be
unnecessary. Well, the salaried employee,
should he apply for a loan at a bank,
would be told that banks do not engage
in small loan business. Unless, then, he
can find some institution specially de-
signed to meet his case he has recourse
to the loan shark, and there is an end
to his peace of mind for an indefinite
period. The Morris Plan takes care of
this case. The applicant is required to
secure two endorsers of good character,
not necessarily men of means, and when
his proposition has been investigated and
his statements confirmed he is granted
his loan.
Interest is charged him at six per cent
per annum and a year's interest is de-
ducted in advance. There is also de-
ducted an investigation charge of two per
cent. The balance is handed over to him
in cash and he is required to pay the
face value of the loan at the rate of two
per cent per week for fifty weeks. At
the end of that time his obligation is
liquidated, and owing to the easy terms
of payment he has not been unduly
burdened.
"All we ask is that a man should be a
good moral risk," said Mr. Utley. "That
being ascertained, we will supply a man's
need to as much as $1000. Now, that
man might not be a good risk to a com-
mercial bank for $1000 on a note for
thirty, sixty or ninety days, but he might
be perfectly good to us for $20 a week
for a period of fifty weeks."
That, in brief, is the Morris Plan. Of
course, as stated before, it does not claim
to be a philanthropic institution. As a
matter of fact, it pays good dividends to
its stockholders. Nevertheless, it fills a
long-felt want, and the fact that men of
the highest possible reputation are to be
found on its boards of directors in the
cities in which it operates speaks more
for it than any other recommendation.
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The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service
*)•)
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
WE present below income account statements for the month of August, 1916,
for the eight months of the current fiscal year to August 31st, and for the
twelve months ended August 31st.
INCOME ACCOUNT
MO^TH OF AUGUST
1916
Gross Operating Revenue ! $ 1,462,480.77
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes
and Reserves for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts, and Depreciation 912,643.11
Net Operating Revenue S 549,837.66
Non-Operatin^ Revenue (Net) 31,919.86
Total Net Income ! % 581,757.52
Bond Interest - • ■ j 322,767.66
Bond Discount and Expense (Apportion-
ment) \ 14,431.66
1915
+ Increase
— Decrease
*$ 1,478,867.12
898,303.93
580,563.19
17,197.34
597,760.53
324,809.05
15,770.75 I —
— $
16,386.35
+
14,339.18
— $ 30,725.53
-i- 14.722.52
—%
16,003.01
2,041.39
—
1,339.09
Surplus $ 244,558.20 $ 257,180.73
$ 12,622.53
•Includes $35,808 gross revenue derived directly from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
EIGHT MONTHS— JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 31
1916
Gross Operating Revenue j $12,228,209.81
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes {
and Reserves for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts and Depreciation 7,156,354.84
1915
Net Operating Revenue $ 5,071,854.97
Non-Operating Revenue (Net) \_ 308,165.48
Total Net Income I $ 5,380,020.45
Bond and Note Interest I 2,588,544.07
Bond Discount and Expense (Apportion- ,
ment) 115.452.82
Surplus % 2,676,023.56
Dividends on Preferred Stock — Accrued for
8 months 918,584.26
t$12,165,071.99
6,977.808.40
% 5,187,263.59
234.493.89
Balance .
$ 5,421.757.48
2,677,660.97
105,522.20
$ 2,638,574.31
728.924.16
+ In'crease
— Decrease
+$ 63,137.82
-1- 178,546.44
—$115,408.62
+ 73.671.59
— $ 41.737.03
— 89,116.90
-1- 9.930.62
+$ 37,449.25
-1- 189,660.10
$ 1,757.439.30 $ 1,909,650.15 , —$152,210.85
tincludes $268,062 gross revenue derived directly from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 31
1916
1915
+ Increase
— Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue.
Operating Expenses, Maintenance, Taxes
and Reserves for Casualties, Uncollec-
tible Accounts and Depreciation
Net Operating Revenue
Non-()[)erating Revenue (Net)
$18,593,438.86 J$17,989,092.45 -f $604,346.41
10,764,139.05
Total Net Income
Bond and Note Interest ^
Bond and Note Discount and Expense
(Apf)orti()nment)
Surplus
Dividends on Preferred Stock — Accrued for
12 months
$ 7,829,299.81
487,550.46
$ 8,316,850.27
3,898,676.64
170.341 05
$4,247,832.58
1,279.221.27
10,324,559.52
$ 7,664,532.93
344,958.95
$ 8,009,491.88
4,024,755.69
268.004.00
$ 3,716,732.19
943,907.53
-h 439,579.53
+$164,766.88
-h 142.591.51
-h $307,358.39
— 126,079.05
— 97.662.95
-t- $531, 100.39
-t- 335.313.74
Balance
:includes $277,998 gross revenue derived directly
$ 2.968.611.31 $ 2.772.824.66
from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
-h$195.786.65
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FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS
The subjoined table brings out most strikingly the strong and constantly improv-
ing position of this Company's bonds. It will be noted that while the value of the
property securing these bonds was increased during the three years ended December
31, 1915, through the construction of plant additions and the acquisition of other
properties, by $12,743,679, the total par value of bonds of all issues outstanding in
the hands of the public increased during this period by the merely nominal sum of
$274,000. In addition to adding $12,743,679 to the value of its permanent plant the
Company, during this period, also increased its working capital by $3,345,000
(exclusive of treasury bonds). With substantially no increase in the amount
required to pay the annual interest on all bonds outstanding, gross earnings increased
by $4,199,529, and net earnings increased by an amount only 10.1 per cent less than
the entire amount required for bond interest in the year 1915.
In the year 1915 bond interest absorbed only 20.1 per cent of the gross earnings of
that year. By comparison with other public utility companies, this will be found to
be a very conservative ratio. In 1912 it required 60.1 per cent of net to pay bond
interest. In 1915 only 39.1 per cent of net earnings, before depreciation, was absorbed
by bond interest, indicating that these fixed charges were earned 2.6 times. It may
also be added that after deducting $1,380,000 set up by the Company as a reserve for
depreciation in 1915, the bond interest was still earned 2.2 times.
Year
Bonds
outstanding
December 31
Cost of
Plant
Additions
Gross
Earnings all
Sources
Net Earnings
before
Depreciation
Annual
Interest on
all Bonds
outstanding
December 31
Per cent of
Gross
Required for
Bond
Interest
Per cent of
Net
Required for
Bond
Interest
1912 S7.^S9S.S0n
$14,744,651
16,202,337
17,220,503
18,944,180
$6,313,091
6,871,131
8,306,582
9,738,587
$ 3,795,110
3,776,315
3,754,900
3,810,965
25.7%
23.4%
21.8%
20.1%
60.1%
55.0%
45.2%
39.1%
1913
1914
1915
75,485,800
75,056.300
76,172,800
$ 7,795,624
2,738,1.30
2,209,925
Increase
S 274,000
$12,743,679
$ 4,199,529
$3,425,496
$ 15,855
Geographical Distribution of Company's Stocks
The geographical distribution of the Company's share capital as of August 31, 1916
(including all First Preferred Stock issued and subscribed for), was as foUows:
Where Owned
Number of
Holders
Per cent
of Total
Shares
Par Value
Per cent
of Total
Pacific Coast;
4,484
101
621
1,763
359
61.6%
1.2%
8.4%
24.0%
4.8%
272,167.88
8,351.12
46,134.64
209,997.67
39,831.945
$27,216,788.00
835,112.00
4,613,464.00
20,999,767.00
3,983,194.50
47.2%
1.4%
8.0%
36.4%
7.0%
Middle States
Foreign
Tola]
7,328
100.0%
576,483.255
157,648,325.50
100.0%
St.\tement of Consumers by Departments at August 31
August 31
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
Department
Department
Department
Department
1907
113,948
49,813
5,502
169,263
1908
126,162
58,128
5,737
190,027
1909
133,579
65,967
6,334
205,880
1910
145,477
78,586
6,686
230,749
1911
159,136
93,994
7,206
23
260,359
1912
187,525
109,379
7,884
173
304,961
1913
201,359
124,755
8,352
245
334,711
1914
214,218
141,374
8,994
310
364,896
1915
225,712
160,310
9,522
358
395,902
1916
228,363
172,786
9,984
387
411,520
Gain in 9 years
114,415
122,973
4,482
387
242,257
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THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street. San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
ti'ill confer a favor upon the management by
taking Qie matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII SEPTEMBER, 1916 No. 4
EDITORIAL
"\Vhen the majority, or even a large
proportion, of the customers of a utility
corporation are also stock or bond hold-
ers, municipal ownership arguments will
lose whatever appeal they may have for
the average citizen."
The foregoing sentence appears in an
editorial published in a Chicago news-
paper under the heading "Advice to In-
vestors; Essays by Experts." The par-
ticular contribution is from the H. M.
Byllesby Company and treats of the par-
tial mutualization of various business in-
dustries throughout the country. It is,
in fact, a tribute to the farsightedness
displayed by these industries in inviting
their consumers to become stockholders,
an important step toward complete reali-
zation of the home industry idea whereby
public service enterprises may be brought
into closer and yet closer communion
with the public they are organized to
serve by becoming, as far as practicable,
home-owned as well as home-operated.
The editorial states:
"Several large public utility companies
have taken tlie first steps in what may de-
velop into the partial mutualization of
the electric, gas and other service indus-
tries. (Here follows the sentence already
quoted.) Under such conditions the more
or less remote possibilities of unfair and
paralyzing legislation will be removed,
and political agitation against a com-
pany must consider the fact that the
financial interests of a large number of
resident individuals are involved.
"From the public standpoint the bene-
fits following a large customer-ownership
scarcely can be doubted. No utility or-
ganization could afford to permit such a
thing unless its financial integrity were
beyond question, its management efllcient,
service good, charges fair and its am-
bitions of a wholly creditable character.
It could not make satisfactorj' progress in
selling its securities to customers unless
these requirements substantially existed
in advance. Once a large customer-pro-
prietorship is established the corporation
must respect the wishes of a large body
of its joint owners, and the inevitable
tendency will be toward the maintenance
of an equilibrium in all respects fair,
equitable and conducive to the best in-
terests of the public, the customer and
the security holder."
Then follows, by way of illustration of
the practicability of this scheme of mu-
tualization, information concerning the
progress recently made by corporations
in selling securities direct to customers.
Readers of Pacific Service Magazine will
not be astonished to learn that the name
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
stands out prominently in the list of in-
stances quoted. It is shown how the
plan may be carried to the small salaried
man and the wage earner by an offer of
a company's dividend-paying stock on
partial payments on a basis of so many
dollars a month, interest being paid on
tlic installments while the stock is being
acquired. "In this way," says the writer,
"people of very small incomes can make
use of their electric and gas companies as
a combined vehicle for saving and in-
vestment— and do it with no more red
tape than they order the service or pay
their monthly accounts."
It is predicted that a movement of this
kind will have far-reaching and impor-
tant results and will provide a funda-
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mental solution of the question as to
whether service properties should be
privately or publicly owned. To quote
again: "If the financial interests of a
great part of the consumers thus can be
linked with those of the service corpora-
tions the result will be popular but not
municipal ownership, and a retention of
the engineering ability and commercial
efficiency which have made American
utility service the best in the world."
There is pointed out another feature of
this plan of home finance, namely, its
effect upon the general investor outside
its territory. Admission is made that, as
a general rule, utilities must look to the
established sources of capital for a large
part of their future necessities, but it is
urged that when a considerable number
of the citizens of a town own the securi-
ties of the company and, so, are directly
interested in the company's welfare, the
general investor's interests have a quality
of protection which the latter will be
quick to appreciate. Stability of earnings
is unquestionably the basic reason for in-
vestment, and those nearest home should
be in the best position to pass upon the
home corporation's qualifications in this
respect.
of South Dakota. He states: "All the
pears, peaches, prunes, plums, etc., that I
saw on sale in this large mining section
were shipped either from Newcastle or
Loomis, California."
Another tribute to home industry.
Mr. F. G. Baum, the famous hydraulic
engineer who completed the South Yuba-
Bear River development in 1913 and who
now serves our company as consulting
engineer, is a much-traveled man. He
has built water-power plants and in-
spected prospective sites in many coun-
tries of the world, and has recently ac-
quired fame for some spectacular work
in far-away Peru. Recently he returned
from the famous Black Hills mining dis-
trict of South Dakota, where he is direct-
ing the construction of a hydraulic plant
for the Homestake Mining Company, an
historical concern whose equipment in-
volves the operation of stamp mills requir-
ing 6000 horsepower of electric energy.
The point that Mr. Baum wishes to
dwell upon just now is that he found
Californian fruit all the rage in the wilds
In an article published in The Out-
look of September 6th, Mr. Paul A. Sins-
heimer, financial expert of our State
Railroad Commission, treats of the work
done and the policy pursued by the Com-
mission since it assumed jurisdiction of
the public utilities of the State nearly
four and one-half years ago. In his arti-
cle Mr. Sinsheimer treats of competition
in such manner as to convince the reader
that Adam Smith was wrong when he de-
clared that competition was the life of
trade. Mr. Sinsheimer points out that in
its general policy the Commission has
proceeded upon its conception that the
public requires primarily adequate, com-
plete and satisfactory service at the low-
est possible cost, and in pursuing this
policy has assumed a position at vari-
ance with that school of economists that
still clings to its hope of efficiency only
through unrestricted and free competi-
tion. In other words, where it seems that
the desired results may be obtained
through combination or consolidation —
monopoly, if you will — it has been the
policy of the State Railroad Commission
to permit and encourage such monopoly.
"But," writes the financial expert, "the
monopoly so formed is immediately re-
sponsible to the Commission. If it does
not voluntarily attain to the State's fixed
standards, the Commission, of course, in
the exercise of its authority, compels it
so to do. In most cases, however, this
compulsion is not necessary, for the rea-
son that the consolidation or monopoly
is sanctioned only on the condition that
the public utility corporations thus united
guarantee a better degree and quality of
public service at more favorable rates
and on more desirable conditions than
either of the parties to the combination
was able to render separately."
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
m
Alameda County District
A thunder-storm entertained Oakland
the night of August 26th, a Sunday. We
were all tucked away asleep, as all good
people should be. Fortunately, Gentis
happened to be up. Gentis is the high
potentate or potential who steps down
but never abdicates. He runs the sub-
stations where current is pulled from the
high wires and passed out homeopathic-
ally. Well, Gentis happened to be up —
it was about 9 p. m. — saw a flash in the
east but mistaking it for a car slipping
its trolley, he keeled off to sleep. Nature
thus deserted, started its canny work at
Niles. At 11.20 it broke over Oakland,
thus taking over two hours traveling some
twenty-five miles. By midnight there was
roaring from every quarter, the lightning
forked in great gashes across the heavens;
first west to east, then east to west; from
north to south and back and forth. For
an instant it would be light as day, then
we were plunged into profound darkness
and how it rained. Finally came a great
crackling and crashing right overhead;
fear seized our hearts; it seemed as
though finality had come. A. U Brandt's
thoughts flashed inductively back over
the great gulf of time; to the old home in
Missouri — a kingdom for its cyclone cel-
lar. He didn't have to be shown; his
thoughts could see it. In another two
hours the storm had dwindled to inter-
mittent flashes and dull rumbles. The
oldest of us could not recall the like.
"Pacific Service" weathered it well. An
oil-switch in East Oakland substation was
destroyed and a generator in North Berke-
ley burned out. Lines came down, but
the boys had them all back up by day-
light; some work.
Jack Mulgrew was in a bed of content-
ment. He pitied the electric boys who
had to get out and patch up their troubles
in that fierce storm. Said he to him-
self, the gas man just gf)es peacefully on,
it is always sunshine.
Of course, you know what caused the
storm; it was caused by unusual condi-
tions of phenomenon reacting di-electric-
ally. Brandt just looks wise; says he
has nothing to do with generation; he
just passes it along in distribution to the
consumer. Gentis is deep, deep as Oyster
Bay. Strange how abstract people get in
explaining things they know all about.
Well, George says, both Georges, George F.
and F. George, that where a cloud, or
cloud region, becomes charged with elec-
tricity, it is like a sheep; it wants to stay
at home. Charles Jordan, who is not in-
quisitive, oh no, wanted to know how the
cloud got charged, but that is self-evident,
or rather Auditor Parratt could explain.
Anyway, you can lead a single sheep by
force over a gulf to another field, and
when one gets over, all will follow. When
electricity jumps, there is a flash; there is
tremendous pressure or voltage to shove
it over, but no current or amperage, com-
paratively. When the flash once gets the
gap covered, then there is a tremendous
rush of current. F. George, to be exact,
as usual, says an unlimited amount of
current follows. George says that seven
million horsepower of juice which "Pa-
cific Service" sold last year, the output
fourth in the United States, was turned
loose in one streak across the sky. George,
still to be exact, does not specify which
streak it was. George says each fork is
a jump of several miles. George is an
expert on forks. Take him to a banquet
and see him pick the proper one for each
course. McCann canned the thought put
up by Brandt that the storm was static.
McCann explained, because Can is his
name, that he observed the flashes were
between clouds; had the flashes been be-
tween cloud region and earth there would
have been destruction, and as there was
little destruction, therefore the storm was
between clouds.
Jack Britton is the expert on noise. He
says when a flash starts from one base to
another, it tears the miasma asunder, the
heat generates gases which explode and
the reverberations come as sound to the
earth. Jack can name all the gases but
it might tax your comprehension. In
sheet lightning there is an explosion, a
puff of light; you see silent sound, sound
unheard. Do you get it? You can't hear
thunder over fifteen miles away. Sound
travels eleven hundred feet per second, so
by timing a flash and counting the seconds
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159
to the time the thunder is heard the
distance is readily ascertained. Charlie
Wilson doesn't let Jack stand alone as
ofTicial mathematician. Charles says there
may be sound waves and gullibleness
with waves, but he won't wave anything
on calculating water spaniels to a "scent."
Ask Charles to tell you the dog story; it
illustrates greased lightning.
Thus closes this scientific symposium.
Alger Non Est.
Reliance Theatre, Oakland, threw open
its doors to the public on Saturday eve-
ning, September 2d. The theatre is Oak-
land's largest and one of the most attract-
ive on the Pacific Coast, nothing having
been spared that goes to make for the
comfort, convenience and restfulness of
a modern theatre.
At the opening hour, the theatre stood
forth, a blaze of light and color. Flood-
lighting projectors, located across the
street, illuminated the three facades of
the building. On the gore, a large ver-
tical electric sign boldly announced the
name of the new recreation place, and
electric signs above the entrance par-
quet told of the high quality attractions
to be seen there. In all, twelve hundred
and fifty 5-watt sign lamps were used and
the twinkling of the traveling borders
produced the eff'ect of a myriad of dia-
monds, sparkling in the white light.
The exterior of the building is finished
in white, the entrance and ticket-booth
being of marble and white tile. Through-
out the interior, a color scheme of old
ivory, pink and blue harmonizes with the
heavy blue carpet and draperies. Massive
indirect lighting fixtures add to the rich-
ness of the interior decorations. The or-
gan lofts are located on both sides of the
picture screen, and in the near future a
$20,000 organ will be installed; a small
organ temporarily serving.
The building itself is a Class A struc-
ture with main floor and balcony, and
seats 1800 people. Located on a gore, it
has exits on two streets besides a private
court, and in an emergency can be emp-
tied in less than two minutes. The ven-
tilation system is a departure from estab-
lished custom. A large electricallydriven
fan forces the air into a large air cham-
ber in the basement of the building, from
which pipes lead to outlets placed under
every alternating seat on the main floor
of the theatre. Exhaust fans, located at
the rear of the theatre, carry out the viti-
ated air; a complete change taking place
every ten minutes. A furnace heats the
incoming air when desired. Outlets from
a stationary vacuum plant are installed
throughout for cleaning. The operating
room is of reinforced concrete lined with
galvanized iron and is fireproof through-
out. Three Simplex projecting machines
are installed, one being used for emer-
gency only. All electrical apparatus is
in duplicate, there being two mercury
arc-rectifiers and a motor-generator set
for supplying direct current to the pic-
ture machines. Full assurance of a reli-
able and continuous source of electric
supply is given. A 3-phase, 4-wire, over-
head service supplies the motor-generator
set, emergency lighting and the power
load throughout the building; single-
phase, 3-wire, underground service sup-
plies the general lighting of the building
and the two rectifiers. Both lines are
supplied from the 30,000-h.p. steam plant,
thereby backing up all that the name "Pa-
cific Service" implies. The total installed
load at present is as follows: 3-phase
power, 15 h. p.; rectifiers, 6.5 k. w.; light-
ing, 22.8 k.w.
The ticket office is equipped with elec-
trical ticket-selling machines and auto-
matic change-making apparatus. Pretty
girls in uniform do the ushering and dis-
tribute programs. The Reliance Theatre
is a credit to the city and to the people
who promoted it. "Pacific Service" wel-
comes it to its list of consumers.
Marysville District
Marysville is fast forging to the front
among the cities of the Sacramento Val-
ley in street improvements. Within the
past week the city council has awarded
contracts for the paving of fifteen blocks,
and other paving is to be done in the
near future. Included in the street work
is the laying of curbs and gutters which
will be of great benefit in carrying off
the water in the winter. Contracts for
the street work were awarded to the Fed-
eral Construction Company of Oakland,
who were the lowest bidders on all the
work proposed.
Carpenters and decorators will be put
at work at once remodeling and putting
in first-class shape the rooms in the Ellis
Block over the Appeal office. The rooms
are to be occupied by the Marysville Busi-
ness College. The college will open in
the near future with a high-class faculty.
It is believed that there is a demand here
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Pacific Service Magazine
in Marvsville for a first-class private busi-
ness college where boys and girls who
nnisl work by day can take night courses.
It will be conducted on a high standard.
Sweet music is heard in all parts of
Marysville these days. It is the music of
the saw and the hammer. In almost every
neighborhood in Marysville these days
improvements are being made. New
houses are going up. Substantial houses
they are, too, and ones that will reflect
credit upon the Hub City and the men
and women who have faith enough in
Marysville to invest their capital here.
Store buildings are being erected, apart-
ment houses are going up as fast as men
can place the brick and mortar and use
hammer and nails. Everywhere the build-
ing craft in Marsyville is busy adding to
its value as a home and business city.
Work on the big additional storerooms
and sales rooms of the Yuba Construction
Company practically is completed. This
progressive firm needs more room in
which to transact its rapidly increasing
business. This is a boost for Marvsville.
One hundred good roads boosters of
Yuba, Colusa, Nevada and Sutter counties
met in Mission Hall, Yuba City, recently
and discussed the plan of building a
lateral connecting Grass Valley and Co-
lusa. The proposed lateral will be ap-
proximately seventy-five miles long and
will be one of the most important con-
necting links to the main State highwav.
Yuba County products soon are to be
advertised throughout the world and this
publicity is not going to cost Yuba County
a cent. The Mutual Farm Company, an in-
corporated organization which is backed
by a San Francisco publishing company,
has purchased 1520 acres of land in Yuba
County and these acres are to be a part
of a chain of farms to be operated by the
corporation throughout California.
Diversified products will be harvested
in Yuba County. A model farm of 320
acres is now being established near Ram-
irez station, nine miles from Marysville.
This farm will be quite diversified in its
character.
None of the land now is for sale. The
Mutual Farm Company will farm the
land. It will establish canneries, pack-
ing plants, olive-curing plants, laborato-
ries, dairies, meat-packing sheds, and
milk-condensing plants throughout the
State.
The company will market its own prod-
ucts, establishing its own label. The pub-
lishing company promoting the enter-
prise, the Keck Publishing Company of
San Francisco, will issue a magazine to
be known as the Comet and which will
be out next month. This magazine will
be circulated throughout the country and
will contain no advertisements other than
those of the products of the Mutual Farm
Company.
There is still a chance of the old Marys-
ville Woolen Mills being re-opened in the
near future. Executive Secretarv Charles
R. Thorburn of the Home Industrv League
of California states that the famousBishop
Brothers are behind the new company,
which is to be known as "The Marysville
NVoolen Mills Company, Incorporated,"
and that after their blanket department is
successfully started, the manufacture of
fabric for woolen clothing will also be
entered upon, on a large scale by the
newly r opened mills.
Another evidence of the stimulus in
building and, incidentally, of the growth
of Hammonton as a city of homes and,
of course, children, is the announcement
that work will soon begin on a large addi-
tion to the school building in the dredge
metropolis. John O. Palm, a contractor
of this city, has just been awarded the
contract by the school trustees of Ham-
monton.
Twenty thousand tons of Thompson
seedless grapes, the famous grape of Sut-
ter County, will be picked in Sutter this
season, according to the estimate made by
H. P. Stabler, county horticultural com-
missioner recently. The grapes will sell
for .$25 a ton, which means that the vine-
yardists of the county will reap 8500,000
for the crop. Picking of the grapes has
hardly commenced yet. The Thompson
seedless grapes were first grown in Cali-
fornia in Sutter County in 1873. Slips of
the grape, which is a native of the Medi-
terranean coast, were sent to \Villiam
Thompson of Sutter City in that vear
from New York to try them out in Cali-
fornia soil.
Thompson lost the proper name for the
grape, and they were called Thompson
Seedless after William Thompson. There
are six thousand acres of the grape grown
in Sutter Countv.
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The grapes generally are made into
raisins, but this year many of the grow-
ers are planning on shipping them East
for table purposes, as they make a fine
table grape.
This year is a great improvement over
last in our fruit products. Witness the
amount of fruit shipped, the good prices,
and, last but not least, our collections.
Three weeks or less of good weather will
see the last shipments of late peaches,
grapes, rice and beans. Let us pray to
Jupiter Pluvius to give us a little longer
respite, then Marysville will indeed have
a prosperous year. J, E. Poingdestre.
the landscape artist, the mill of today is
turned by the electric power that flows
from the dynamo which is driven by the
water racing through the turbines high
up in the mountains and away from the
casual observer.
In 1896 the Phoenix Mill in the city of
Sacramento, in line wath other progres-
sive enterprises, abandoned its steam
power to adopt the new and most mod-
ern power in the form of electric energy.
It is interesting to note that the power
for this first electrified mill was taken
from the first 11,000-volt long-distance
transmission line ever constructed. This
was from the pioneer hydro-electric plant
constructed at Folsom
in 1895, twenty-two
miles distant from Sac-
ramento.
At that time the Phoe-
nix Flour Mill required
about 125 horsepower
to operate its plant, and
its largest single unit
was a 75 -horsepower
General Electric 440-
volt, 60-cycle, 3-phase
induction motor. That
motor — like most other
constructions of the
Sacramento District
Twenty years ago this Sep-
tember the first flour mill in
this State adopted electric
power to grind the grist and
be further utilized in all the
flour-mill machinery that
works to change the wheat
from its first state into the
finished snowy product
which enters the so-called
"stafi" of life." The old say-
ing that "The mill will never
grind with the water that is
past" is still true — it is mere-
ly a little farther removed,
for, whereas the mills of our
fathers were turned by the
never-ceasing water flowing
over the wiieels that so often
have furnished inspiration to
Upper view is (i{ the old Phoenix 1-lour Mill as it stood
in 1881. The lower view is of the modern plant.
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period, a heavy massive mound of iron
and copper as compared with its brother
of today — has weathered all the vicissi-
tudes of ill treatment and untold loads of
early days, and still stands ready to be
called into service.
It is also of interest to note that the
Phoenix Mill is one of the oldest in the
State, having been originally built in 1853
at Thirteenth and J streets, which site
was its location for almost sixty years.
In 1881 the ownership passed to George
Schroth, J. H. Arnold and Ferdinand
Kohler, who built an entirely new plant.
While the mill was some time later incor-
porated as The Phoenix Milling Company,
it is still held, and the mill operated, by
the same parties or their heirs. This in-
stitution, always up-to-date and foremost
in its position in the community, has
steadily kept pace with the times. It
outgrew its old corner, and today it is
housed in a large, modern, reinforced
concrete building five stories high at
Twelfth and D streets, with equipment
complete in every particular, the latest
that science in the flour-making art af-
fords. Six large storage tanks have a
storage capacity of 30,000 sacks of grain,
and the mill, recognized as one of the
most up-to-date flour and cereal mills in
the West, supplies the community and a
large part of the State with its many
products, and requires nearly 400 horse-
power in motor capacity to operate its
several departments. For twenty years
now the owners and management of this
pioneer mill have continuously utilized
the one electric service which, starting
with the first and isolated hydro-electric
plant at Folsom in the early days, has
now become the wide-branching "Pacific
Service," deriving its energy from ten
hydro-electric plants and having three
transmission lines to the city of Sacra-
mento, with continuous service further
assured by a steam plant generating elec-
tric energy and ever ready to supply this
service instantly should all the outside
sources fail.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
is proud of the service it renders and is
doubly gratified in having its confidence
returned. The Phoenix Mill has recently
again renewed its contract for service
and it is the company's constant endeavor
to this, as to all consumers of "Pacific
Service," to merit the confidence imposed.
E. A. Weymouth.
View shows the comparative si/.<s ol Uic 75-h. p
motor installed twenty years ago and its
brotlier of today, same capacity.
iliis view shows even more clearly that the
motor of today is less than one-half the
size of the motor of twenty years ago.
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163
Solano District
Solano County held its
first fair in Dixon from
August 16th to 19th, in-
clusive, and the event
was so successful that
hereafter it will be an
annual occurrence. The
exhibits were especially
fine, and among the most
attractive and interesting
booths was that of the
company, which was de-
voted largely to the dem-
onstration of electricity
in the kitchen.
The Women's Improve-
ment Club of Dixon oc-
cupied the booth ad-
jacent to ours and sold
coffee and lunches, and
for its convenience a passageway was
provided between the two booths and the
ladies were given carte blanche to use
all the apparatus on exhibit for their own
needs. With hot water and heat on tap
at all times, they fully appreciated the
slogan, "A twitch of the switch in the
kitch." (Apologies to the Hughes Elec-
tric Co.)
Our Mr. Strauch is responsible for the
artistic arrangement of the booth and
the effective display.
C. E. Sedgwick.
"Pacific Service" booth at the Solano County Fair.
than this, except in the years 1892, 1895,
1903 and 1909.
Fresno District
The "Pacific Service" Club of Fresno
has had a number of meetings of a social
nature since its organization in June. As
swimming is one of the most popular
sports at this season, it has not been diffi-
cult to get the members together at Zapp's
Park for this purpose. There was a
luncheon and theatre party held recently
which about thirty members attended.
The particularly pleasant weather in
Fresno this sumnier has been decidedly
noticeable, and those who have spent
their vacations on the coast have returned
to find that it was unnecessary to get
away from the heat, because here was
not any excessive heat. According to the
weather man, a near record for low tem-
perature was established when the ther-
mometer reached fifty-five on the ninth
of August. The monthly mean tempera-
ture for the month of July was 79.5 de-
grees. Since 1888 it has not been lower
Here is a copy of an old "ad" which
the old light and power company car-
ried in the Fresno newspapers of twenty-
six years ago:
The Edison Electric Light &
Power Co. of Fresno is a purely
home institution and has been in-
strumental in reducing the price of
lighting, which entitles it to the
support and patronage of our citi-
zens.
Leave orders for wiring stores,
offices and dwellings at the office
of the Company in the Einstein
Block on I Street, Room 16, and
thev will receive prompt attention.
M. L. Neely.
Petaluma District
Petaluma District has now under super-
vision considerable construction work.
Recently there was completed a new oil
tank, of much larger capacity than the
old one and which, needless to say, is a
considerable improvement over the old;
not only in appearance and durability,
but affords more economy in the hand-
ling of oil.
In addition, the oil high-pressure gas
line between Cotati and Petaluma holder
is being replaced with a 4-inch steel pipe
for a distance of 9.2 miles. This work
is progressing rapidly, and at the present
rate should be completed during Decem-
ber of this year.
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Mr. D. B. Gillespie, who was formerly
conneclctl with the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company in the Santa Rosa District,
•ut resigned to assume a position with
another concern, is now in good company
again, located in this district, and if the
number of our competitors' consumers
he has already gotten is a criterion of his
future work, we are to be congratulated
upon securing his services. H Weber.
San Francisco District
The employees of the General Construc-
tion Department were given quite a sur-
prise, when on the morning of August
15th cards were received announcing the
marriage in Stockton, the previous day,
of Mr. Floyd J. Smith and Miss Alma
Green.
Smith has been employed in the Line
Division for the past three years and is
well known throughout the outside dis-
tricts. He also spent six months in the
Sacramento Supply District.
On the evening of August 30th several
members of the General Construction De-
partment tendered the bride and groom
a surprise party at their apartments on
Mason Street, at which time was pre-
sented a handsome silver set, the gift of
thirty-seven of Floyd's fellow employees.
The best wishes of the companjf are
extended to the newlyweds and we wel-
come Mrs. Smith as a member of the
ever-growing P. G. & E. family.
The Edison Storage Battery Company
at First and Howard streets, will connect
to our lines 25-k. w. load for battery
charging.
The illumination of the Golden Gate
Park panhandle has been greatly im-
proved by the recent installation of 250-
c. p. Mazda lamps with band refractors,
in place of the 100-c.p. lamps formerly
used.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gaines
was visited by the stork on August 17,
1916. Both mother and daughter are do-
ing nicely. At present the dictating is
being done by the future stenographer,
Miss Beth Gaines.
Mr. H. A. Fromberg, of the Electric
Distribution Department, is the proud
faflier of a fine bouncing bov, born on
August 9, 1916. Master Rodney Kenneth
Fromberg is adding sixteen hours to his
father's daily task of trouble shooting.
Mr. A. J. Twogood and Miss Dorothy A.
Pierce were married on August 3, 1916,
at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Pierce, 1215 Josephine
Street, Berkeley. Only relatives and close
friends were present. Dr. Dille of Trin-
ity M. E. Church, Berkeley, ofTiciated.
Miss Clarice Wylie, of Santa Maria, was
bridesmaid, and Mr. Ralph S. Twogood,
brother of the groom, was best man. The
decorations for the occasion were honey-
suckle and Shasta daisies. After a brief
honeymoon spent in Marin County the
happy pair returned to their new home
in Northbrae, Berkeley, Cal.
On August 12th, Mr. C. L. Johnson, of
the Laboratory Department, was joined in
wedlock to Miss Onita Alexander, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Alexander of
Oakland. The young couple will make
their home in Berkeley.
Mr. B. A. Collins, of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, and Miss Helen
Hughes, were married at St. Joseph's
Church, September 4, 1916. After the
honeymoon, including a week's stay at
San Diego, the couple returned to San
Francisco and are now residing at 100
Alma Street.
'J(m^IIugf?W^
During the month the company library
received seven bound books and seventy-
five miscellaneous pamphlets. This brings
the total number of pamphlets on hand
to date 3710 and bound volumes 1193.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association Li-
brary received nine bound volumes of
magazines on gas subjects and two vol-
umes as follows:
"Principles of Oil and Gas Production,"
by Roswell H. Johnson and L. G. Huntley.
"Proceedings of the Southern Gas As-
sociation. Eighth Annual Meeting, April
5, 6 and 7, 1916."
This brings the total number of books
on hand to date, 1250. J. P. B.
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. McKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McCandless
John A. Brixton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miller
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Gharles T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Brixton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Chas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
Ralph W. Halsey Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. Bosley Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. GoGHLAN Manager Claims Department
C. P. Gutten Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer Electrical Construction
E. G. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Pubhcity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. G. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS MANAGER
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Ghico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa L. H. Hartsock
Contra Costa Martinez Don G. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Marxin
Elecxha Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdesxre
Marin San Rafael W. H. Fosxer
Napa Napa CD. Clark
Nevada Nevada City John Werry
Pexaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento G. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. G. Holberton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kuster
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon G. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Coons
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY 1 INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
126
47
10
1
1,116,952 48
1,165,227 2
45,350 7 ■
75,000 . .
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75,000
Railway
Place Population
■Alameda 28.000
^Albany 1.502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
«- 'Amador City.. 900
Angellsland.. 280
Antioch 1.800
'Aptos 300
'.Atherton 250
»- 'Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
•Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
«Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlinsame. . . 3,000
Campbell 700
"Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15,000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1,800
'Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
=- "Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City. . . . 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
'Drytown 225
'Duncan's Mills 200
'Durham 300
'-'Dutch Flat. . . 750
'EUlridgc SUO
Elmira 350
'El Vcrano ... 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
'Felton
Folsom
'Forest ville. . . .
■Fresno
'Gilroy
'Glen Ellen. . . .
•- 'Grass Valley . .
'Gridley
Grimes
'Groveland ....
'Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
'HoUister
'- 'lone
Irvington
*- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore. . . .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
May field
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Mill brae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
Population
3,000
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1.050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
Place
Population Place
'Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
3. 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
'Novato.
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley .
'Occidental ....
Pacheco
-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
'Pike City
'Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
'San Jose
'San Juan
'San Leandro. .
San Lorenzo . .
'San M artin . . .
'San M ateo ....
'San Pablo ....
'San Quentin . .
'San Rafael ....
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1,000
3,000
16.000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560,000
45,000
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2.500
6.000
'Santa Clara.
'Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
'Shell ville
Sheridan
Smartsville . . .
'Soquel
'Sonoma
'South San
Francisco . . .
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege .
Population
6.000
13,600
11,500
300
2.750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1.250
3,200
2,600
600
'- 'Stockton .' '.'.'.'. 35,000
Suisun.
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
'Sutter Creek. .
Tiburon
'Tres Pinos. . . .
'Vacaville .
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1.250
- 'Vallejo ..'..'.'! ! 12,500
'Vineburg
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
'Watsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
l.SOO
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335, 383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,716,894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
'- — Electricity and Water.
' — Electricity supplied through other companies.
' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Water supplied through other companies.
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"PACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
^HE GAS METER: 84,000 from all parts of the Company's
system were tested during 1915. Of these, two-thirds were
found to be correct, one-eighth were fast (average four per cent
fast), and the remainder, just a trifle over one-fifth of the total,
were slow. Of the meters running slow, one-third were not
registering at all and the remainder averaged six per cent slow.
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Contents for October, 1916.
167
173
180
182
The "Path of Gold," on Market Street, San
Francisco Frontispiece
SAN FRANCISCO'S "PATH OF GOLD" AND
THE PART "PACIFIC SERVICE" PLAYED
IN ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT S. J. Lisberger
THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVEN-
TION OF THE PACIFIC COAST GAS AS-
SOCIATION, HELD AT SANTA RARBARA,
CALIFORNIA F. S. Myrtle .
IMPRESSIONS OF OUR CONVENTION . . Henry Bostivick
THE GAS RATE AND GAS COST PROBLEM W. G. Vincent, Jr
IN MEMORIAM— William Delaware Smith 188
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F.Hockenbeamer 190
EDITORIAL 192
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 194
ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS AUTHOR-
IZED 199
OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" RIFLE CLUB . . W.B.Mel ... 200
DOINGS OF "PACIFIC SERVICE" SECTION,
N. E. L. A E.B. Price ... 202
Index to Advertisers
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co ii
Associated Oil Co vii
Baslian-Morlcy Co viii
Baldwin & Howell 3rd page cover
Chaplin-Fullon Mfg. Co vi
Day, Thomas Co x
General Electric Co iii
General Gas Light Co ii
Goodyear Rubber Co x
Halscy, N. W., & Co 4th page cover
Jackson-Hopkins Co v
Nickcrson, John, Jr i
Pacific Meter (]o vii
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1st page cover
Pelton Water Wheel Co vi
Pierson, Roeding & Co iv
Roebling, John A., Sons Co viii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc vii
Sprague Meter Co vi
Standard Underground Cable Co vii
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co v
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank . . 1st page cover
Welsbach Company viii
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California v
Wcstinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co ix
White, J. G., Engineering Corporation vii
Wood, R. D., & Co iv
Yawman & Erbe Mfg, Co x
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PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VIII
OCTOBER, 1916
No. 5
San Francisco's 'Path of Gold' and the
Part 'Pacific Service' Played in
Its Accomplishment
THE "Path of Gold," as it is called, il-
luminating Market Street, San Fran-
cisco, from Ferry to Civic Center, is a
direct result of the desire of the western
metropolis to perpetuate, in part, at least,
the wonderful scheme of illumination
that characterized her Panama-Pacific In-
ternational Ex-
By S. J. LISBERGER, Engineer Electric Distribution
For the conception of the plan of il-
luminating Market Street much credit is
given to Mr, W. D'A. Ryan, whose name
and achievements, particularly in connec-
tion with the Exposition, are so well
known that no introduction of him is
needed here. The plan was to convert
the existing Mar-
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No sooner had
the lights of the
Exposition been
turned out on
closing night, De-
cember 4, 1915,
than, in manner
typical of the en-
ergy of the West,
San Francisco
determined to
preserve the
memory of that
great enterprise
by endeavoring
to light her main
thoroughfare.
Market Street, in
fashion similar
to that used in
illuminating the
Exposition av-
enues and build-
ing facades.
Through the
co-operation of the city administration,
the merchants and "Pacific Service" the
project was successful, and the ceremony
of opening the "Path of Gold" was cele-
brated October 4, 191G, just ten months
after the Exposition closed its gates.
ket Street pole
into a new three-
light standard
by using some of
the modern arcs
employed at the
Exposition, and
to enclose these
with a new form
of globe to give
a better distribu-
tion of light.
The proposed
illumination was
of a special char-
acter and it was
impossible to ex-
pect the city gov-
ernment to shoul-
der the financial
responsibility
for the entire
scheme. There-
fore, the Down-
town Associa-
tion, represent-
ing practically all the retail merchants of
San Francisco, undertook the problem of
assisting to make the installation possible
by asking the joint co-operation of the
merchants, the city fathers, the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company, and the United
Looking down .Nhirkct Street Ironi SevcMitli on tlie
niglit of October 4th.
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View of the grand parade up Market Street on the night of October 4th.
Railroads of San Francisco, which latter
corporation by franchise requirements is
obligated to furnish a certain amount of
lighting for Market Street.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
agreed to make the entire installation at
its own expense, involving the expendi-
ture of !?1()0,0()(). The Downtown Asso-
ciation, through its lighting committee,
undertook a canvass of the merchants
and property owners adjacent to and
fronting on Market Street, asking for
three-year subscriptions from both owner
and tenant, the amount collected to be
placed in a trust fund to guarantee pay-
ment for file lighting. The enthusiasm
with which the Association committee
was received and the funds which were
immediately forthcoming from all parties
assured that the plan of Mr. Ryan could
certainly be carried out. Active work,
therefore, was begun early in March.
Following the fire of April, 1906, the
United Railroads of San Francisco erected
on Market Street ornamental trolley poles
on which there were installed enclosed
direct-current multiple arc lamps. The
original poles were designed by Mr. Willis
Polk, afterward chairman of the Archi-
tectural Commission of the Exposition.
This original standard, however, was not
adaptable for the new installation, and as
Market Street is a most imposing thor-
oughfare it was thought best to design a
new top, which would not only be suit-
able from a mechanical standpoint but
which would be distinctive in its appear-
ance. It was necessary to make use of
the existing poles and, therefore, much
thought had to be given to the new design
in order that the top would present the
desired appearance, as well as harmonize
with the ornamental parts of the existing
post.
The new plan proposed the use of three
lamps on top of each pole, the standard
to be designed so that the lamp would
be grouped in the form of a triangle with
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169
its plane transverse to the street. To Mr.
Leo Lentelli, one of the noted sculptors
of the Exposition, was assigned the task
of modeling the new standard, and to
him is due much credit for the masterful
way in which he solved the problem.
After some investigation it was de-
cided to use General Electric ornamen-
tal 6.6-ampere luminous type arc lamps,
which lamps gave excellent service at the
Exposition and, it was felt, were best
suited for this service. The top lamp was
to burn all night and the two lower lamps
to be extinguished at midnight.
In previous installations it had been
customary to use an opal-white glass en-
closing globe, the result-
ing illumination being of
a rather glaring white,
from which the streets
derived the name of "The
White Way." In order to
produce a warmer light
and, thereby, obtain a
more pleasing effect, a
new style of globe was
designed for this instal-
lation, consisting of an
eight-panel, oval-shaped
ribbed globe, the glass
being a Gold Cararra of
special design. This type
of glass had never before
been used in any street-
lighting work, so that its
use was entirely novel.
To harmonize with the
color of the glass the
poles are painted an imi-
tation bronze with a Verd
antique finish, which
brings out the excellent
detail of the base of the
post, heretofore unno-
ticed when painted a
dark color.
The finish of the pole,
combined with the gold-
en glassware of the ■&££
lamps, presents a very Close view
impressive appearance and gives to the
installation the color from which it de-
rives its name, "Path of Gold."
The district newly illuminated extends
from the Ferry Building at the foot of
Market Street westerly to Seventh Street,
a distance of approximately one and one-
half miles. The width of Market Street is
one hundred and twenty feet; the poles
being located opposite each other with an
average distance between them of one
hundred and ten feet. The height of the
central lamp of the standard is twenty-
nine feet above the sidewalk. In all there
are one hundred and thirty-seven poles
in this area.
of ornamental top and lamps. Note size by
comparison with man alongside.
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In addition to these standards the Board
of Harbor (loniniissioners of San Fran-
cisco authorized the instaUation of six
standards in front of the Ferry Building,
making in all one hundred and forty-
three standards.
The installation of this lighting system
presented some unusual difliculties. The
ornamental top, as viewed from the
ground, is apparently small; in reality, it
is seven feet in height and weighs seven
hundred and seventy-five pounds. In ad-
dition, the lamps and globes weigh three
hundred and sixty pounds, making the
total weight on top of the poles eleven
hundred and thirty pounds. As all of the
j^:''<^hiim^
.XiKithrr view, sliowint; parts of lamp dis-asscniblcd
work of erecting had to be done twenty-
five feet above the ground, the mechan-
ical design of the top had to be exact so
that no difficulties of construction would
be encountered. Each top, therefore, was
carefully inspected and fitted to template
at the foundry, and as a result of this
careful inspection no difficulties were en-
countered on the job.
The new design of globe necessitated a
change in the design of standard lamp,
making it necessary to rebuild the upper
part of the lamp in order to make the
"arc" come in the center of the new
globe; this required the rebuilding of
approximately four hundred and fifty
lamps. The globes and
glassware were shipped
from the East in a
"knocked down" form,
involving the assembly
of over four thousand
pieces of iron to make
up the completed globe
frames into which there
had to be placed thirty-
five hundred pieces of
glassware. The number
of small screws, clips and
nuts required for this as-
sembly ran into the thou-
sands. It was necessary
to open over seven thou-
sand five hundred feet of
street for installing pipes
and cables, much of
which work had to be
done at night owing to
the congested street con-
ditions. More than sixty
thousand feet of lead-
covered cable had to be
pulled into the duct lines
_^^^ and pipes, and many
Sj?j58i hundred joints had to be
''^-'^^ wiped.
Special provision had
to be made in the top to
accommodate the lead-
covered cables, as well as
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171
means of supporting the cables
within the steel trolley poles.
As most of the trolley poles
were set in concrete retaining
walls, the service pipes for the
cables had to be extended under
the curb outside of and along-
side the poles, and holes had to
be drilled in the base of the
iron pole to get the cable inside.
All of this had to be done near
the sidewalk, the space inside
the ornamental base of the post
being limited, one advantage be-
ing, however, that the ornamen-
tal base completely concealed
this work, as well as giving pro-
tection to the cables.
Several of the steel trolley
poles had to be moved in order
to bring the lamps into align-
ment, and as some of the poles
were filled with concrete and
carried heavy trolley spans, the
work was difficult.
The substation equipment con-
sists of seven 75-light G. E. rec-
tifiers, two of which are in-
stalled in Station "I," Eighth
and Minna streets, feeding two
circuits on the upper end of
Market Street, while the other
five are installed in Station "C,"
Jessie Street, between Third and
Fourth, four being used for reg-
ular service and one for a re-
serve unit. The circuits from
Station "I" are looped into Sta-
tion "C" in order that one spare
unit can be utilized as a reserve
for the system.
The height of the lamps above
the street makes trimming by
ordinary means difficult, so to
overcome this problem the Dis-
tribution Department has de-
signed a special three-lift tower
wagon. This trimming wagon
is an electric truck carrying a
platform which can be raised
so a man can easily reach the
Arc trimmer's truck, with three-lift platform,
and operated by "Paeiflc Service.
Designed
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lamps, and as easily lowered when it is
necessary to pass from one lamp to an-
other in order to pass under the trolley
spans. This wagon while appearing com-
paratively simple required much time
and thought in design.
It was felt that so remarkable an in-
stallation of lighting should not be inaug-
urated without special ceremonies; San
Francisco, therefore, celebrated the event
by holding a pageant on the night of Oc-
tober 4th. Illuminated floats were used
to illustrate the development of lighting
from the time of the Cave Man down
through the ages, ending with the final
triumph of the lighting of the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition.
A great crowd collected to witness the
turning on of the lights and the pageant,
Market Street being kept in darkness in
the meantime. Promptly at 8.30 o'clock
the station switches were thrown in and
a flood of light filled xMarket Street, turn-
ing night into day. The cheers of the
crowd assembled left no doubt of the suc-
cess of the enterprise.
To complete the effect the tower of the
Ferry Building was illuminated in outline
and with flood lights, the appearance be-
ing similar to that of the Italian towers
at the Exposition.
On the night of October 5th the new
City Hall was thrown open to the public
for a housewarming. This was followed
by fireworks in the Civic Center plaza
and, later, by a masked ball in the Audi-
torium, which was appropriately deco-
rated for the occasion with multi-colored
flowers.
Market Street with its new decorations
presents a most pleasing appearance by
day, a most remarkable sight by night.
The soft white glow from the lamps illu-
minates the facade of each and every
building, making the fronts stand out
against the darkness of the sky, while the
street itself is flooded with light without
glare and yet of such uniform intensity
that one can easily read a newspaper in
the center of the street.
There is probably no city in the world
today that can boast of better lighting
than San Francisco now displays on her
main thoroughfare. The "Path of Gold"
marks an epoch in the history of street
illumination.
The General Klectric float in (he grand parade.
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173
The Twenty-fourth Annual Convention
of the Pacific Coast Gas Association
Held at Santa Barbara, California
By FREDERICK S. MYRTLE
?rT^HE most successful of all successful
I gatherings."
Not a dissenting voice was raised to
this expression of sentiment concerning
the Pacific Coast Gas Association conven-
tion held at Santa Barbara this year. All
who attended felt the same way about it,
members and their ladies alike.
It went with a zip and a bang from the
start. From the moment when President
Frank A. Cressey, Jr., rapped for order
on the opening day to that when, the an-
nual outing being over, the visitors went
their various ways, there was not
a dull moment. The period, too,
was one of activity of a peculiarly
restful nature. Gathered under
one roof in one of the garden
spots of the world, at a time of
the year when Nature shows at
her loveliest, members of the
P. C. G. A. found it possible to
take part in the discussion of the
many problems that confront the
gas industry and, at the same
time, reap the full benefit of the
change from the dull routine of
everyday life. Then, the ladies
of our party were so well pro-
vided for in the way of recre-
ative amusements that they never
felt the time hang heavy upon
their hands. All honor, then, to
Santa Barbara, our hostess, and
to the Santa Barbara Gas and
Electric Corporation to whose ad-
ministration was entrusted the
task of providing for our enter-
tainment!
Mr. R. H. Sterling, the genial
manager of the local enterprise,
undertook to give us a royal time,
and nobly he kept his word.
Visitors to the convention, for the most
part, assembled on the evening of Mon-
day, September 18th. On the following
morning, when the roll was called one
hundred and thirty nine answered to their
names. "Pacific Service" was well repre-
sented by forty members, though open
regret was expressed at the absence of
Mr, John A. Britton, who through a death
in his family was prevented from attend-
ing. The mayor of Santa Barbara was
there in person to bid us welcome, which
he did in a neat address. Then, what
Frank A. Cressey, Jr., of Modesto P/esident of the
P. C. G. A., 1915-16, in a thoughtful attitude.
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Secretary Henry Bostwick was a busy man.
more fitting tlian that the response to
this should be made by Mr. E. C. Jones?
The opening session was, as is customary,
mainly devoted to reports from olhcers
and committees of the Association. There
was a cheer when Secretary Henry Bost-
wick reported one hundred and four ap-
plications for membership, beating all
previous rccoi'ds three to one. The re-
port of tlie Hoard of Directors announced
the election of Dr. A. C. Humphreys, of
the Steven.'; Institute of Teclinology, who
presided over tlie Internjifionid (ias (Con-
gress in San Francisco last year, an hono-
rary member of the Association. A good
word was put in for the get-together
meetings such as were held in San Fran-
cisco last January and in I.os Angeles last
May, and the announcenient that these
were henceforth to he known as sectional
meetings and were to be perpetuated, re-
ceived open-voiced approval.
Various committee reports were pre-
sented. The Membership Committee re-
ported through Vice-President C. B. Bab-
cock, its chairman; the Publicity Depart-
ment reported through V. S. Myrtle. The
Committee on Gas Engineering Degree
presented its report through Professor C.
L. (Cory, of the University of California,
in the absence of the chairman, Mr. John
A. Britton. The Committee on Gas Ex-
hibits reported through its chairman, H.
P. Pitts, and a feature of the session was
the report of the Committee on Public
Policy presented by Chairman William
Baurhyte, of Los Angeles.
This report is worthy of more than a
passing notice. The Public Policy Com-
mittee is a recent addition to the com-
mittee organization of the Association,
i
stalwarts from Los Angeles, William Baurhyte
and C.hanip Vance.
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175
regulation of construction, extension and
the right or privilege of operation. It is
dillicult frequently to determine where
the jurisdiction as to these various mat-
ters begins and ends— whether the Rail-
road Commission or the legislative bodies
of the various municipalities are the
proper parties to whom to look for guid-
ance and control is a question which at
the present time is in many of these mat-
ters undetermined."
The report further urged uniformity of
Ihe application of the law requiring a
certificate of public necessity and conven-
ience before exercising any franchise or
rights or privilege, particularly when
same is to be used in competition with
an existing public utility already occupy-
ing the field. "It is unfair and unjust,"
states the report, "that a municipality
should be permitted to enter the field of
public service with a municipally-owned
plant with the intention of competing
I.xnon.nts "t the gas-rate problem NV G. "S m
cent, Jr., of "Pacific Service," and Professor
C. L. Cory of the University of California.
and this, its first report, consisted mainly
of the submission of what the chairman
called "a few thoughts on certain sub-
jects which are uppermost in the mind of
all gas men today." These thoughts were
collated under three headings: "Regula-
tion," "Rate of Return" and "Relation to
the Public." Under the first-named head-
ing the report dwelt upon the necessity
for uniformity in operation of any and
all methods of rate regulations. To quote :
"Owing to the provisions of the vari-
ous charters bv which our municipalities
are governed, and the Railroad Commis-
sion of the state of California and the
Public Utilities Act of the Legislature ol
the State, an unfortunate and unnecessary
uncertaintv exists as to how the jurisdic-
tion as to regulation of public utilities is
divided. Thus, there is a regulation of
rates, a regulation of service, tliere is a
What would the convention hav
without the ladies?
e been
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with and taking from the existing utilities
the business which by the use of capital,
economy, wisdom and energy they have
built up, without having procured from
the proper authority a certificate that
public necessity and convenience require
such conduct by the municipality. This
is particularly so when we remember that
the municipality regulates its own serv-
ice and fixes its own rates."
Under this same heading, the report
deprecated a constant public agitation
against public utilities. "Constant agita-
tion is not regulation. It serves no good
purpose at all and the only result of it
is to prevent the public utilities from
rendering the most economical and effi-
cient service possible." Then, in conclu-
sion : "We suggest that a strong and per-
sistent effort should be made to land the
entire jurisdiction as to the regulation of
all public utilities
in one public com-
mission, and among
the utilities to be so
regulated should be
all municipalities
engaged in compet-
itive service."
Under the head-
ing "Rate of Re-
turn" the report
urgetl the consider-
ation of the follow-
ing principles in
arriving at the solu-
tion of this great
problem: First that
that which goes in
should be allowed
to cf)me out; sec-
ond, that it should
d e m a n d and re-
ceive for its use a
fair amount meas-
ured by the risks
involved, the finan-
cial market, and
among other things,
I he economy, in- snapped on the hotel V.,.
dustry and skill with which it is used,
Under the heading "Relation to the Pub-
lic," the report said:
"Of course gas companies exist to make
money and it would be folly to deny it,
but it is also true that the public owes iU
to them to recognize the fact that the
growth and development of municipali-
ties and the business of individuals are,
to a very perceptible degree, the result of
organized efforts on the part of these cor-
porations, to develop their service in the
most economical as well as the most ac-
ceptable manner. No municipality can
succeed unless its utility corporations
also succeed."
The report was warmly applauded.
The president's address dealt with the
advance made in various gas appliances,
notably gas heating systems. In the year
which marked the one hundredth anni-
versary of the founding of the first gas
company in America, namely, the Gas
Company of Balti-
more, it was en-
couraging to know
that the demise of
gas as a commer-
cial industry was a
very long way off.
The program of
papers read and
discussed through
the three days' ses-
sion was voted un-
usually good from
the standpoint of
benefit to the gas in-
dustry as a whole.
Mr. Edward S.
Jones, of the Pacific
Gas and Electric
Company, son of
E. C. of that ilk,
read a most inter-
esting paper on the
"Preparation and
Use of Iron Oxide
for Gas Purifica-
tion." Mr, Jones
described the meth-
Iter breakfast. ods used by him
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177
for making oxide, including the utiliza-
tion of a concrete mixer for preparing
the finished mass from its ingredients of
shavings, copperas and lime. He quoted
figures to show a great reduction in the
cost of manufacture by this means, bring-
ing it down from thirty-eight cents per
cubic foot to nineteen cents per cubic
foot. The paper also described the use
of the oxide, the care with which it must
be handled and described the methods of
testing.
Mr. Jones' paper was particularly in-
teresting for the introduction to the gas
industry of what has been described as
a "new baby." This is the preparation
of lime sulphate from the spent oxide.
It is generally known that large quanti-
ties of lime sulphate are used, not only in
California but throughout the world, as a
spray for trees and plants of all
kinds for the annihilation of de-
structive parasites. It has been
customary to use for this a com-
mercial lime sulphate which is
bought in from ten- to twelve-
thousand-gallon lots, at an aver-
age cost of thirty-five cents a gal-
lon. Lime sulphate prepared from
spent oxide, according to Mr. E.
S. Jones, is not only much more
simple and cheap to make, but
really makes the very best lime
sulphur spray known to the in-
dustry; in addition to which it
solves the problem of a useful
disposition of a waste by-product.
"Then," said Mr. Jones, "when
your process is over and you
have disposed of the by-product,
you get your oxide back again
for use in the purifier."
This pai)er provoked an ani-
mated discussion. It was the con-
sensus of opinion that it pre-
sented a valuable addition to gas
industry lore, particularly for its
value in eliminating waste. When
the process of gas manufacture
gets to the point where everv
particle of by-product can be made use
of in some practical way, gas manufac-
ture will be brought to a point of 100
per cent efficiency.
Another paper which called forth con-
siderable discussion was that by Mr. E.
L. Hall, of Portland, upon "Efficiency
Methods in Gas Utilities." In this Mr.
Hall contended that efficiency would not
be found to avail until the surroundings
were right, until the stage was set, so to
speak; that there was necessity for team
w'ork, for an entire suppression of the
ego, in securing the public good-will. Mr.
Hall claimed that good fellowship and
good spirit would be found insufficient
without proper rules of organization.
In the discussion which follow^ed Mr.
Baurhyte suggested a department of effi-
ciency in every public service corpora-
imiliSSmiSi:^
mmd
I'ast
and present — Presidents Frank A. Cresscv, Jr.,
and C. B. Baljcock.
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lion, to be headed by one man whose and Sales." In a subjoined article Mr.
business it should be to criticize all de- Vincent describes the gas-rate symposium
paitnients alike, and, when necessary, with suflicient detail to give our readers
tuin them over. Strong appeals were a comprehensive idea of the points pre-
made for personal interest and co-opera- sentcd and discussed.
tion among employees. Messrs. E. C. The report of the nominating commit-
Jones, Van Britton, Young of San Diego tee favored the election of the following
and Professor Cory also took part in this officers and directors for the ensuing
discussion. year: President, C. B. Babcock, San Fran-
Thc paper which secured the associa- cisco; vice-president, J. D. Kuster, San
tion's gold medal for the year was that Jose; secretary and treasurer, Henry Bost-
by Mr. S. C. Bratton, also of Portland, wick, San Francisco; directors, F. S.
upon the subject of "Up-to-the-Minute Wade, C. A. Luckenbach, Los Angeles; S.
Selling Methods." This paper was prac- Waldo Coleman, H. W. Jackson, John A.
tical and full of sound common sense, Britton, Leon B. Jones, San Francisco,
and was enthusiastically discussed at the and Z. T. Bell, San Bernardino. All were
conclusion of its reading. Its main points duly elected.
will be found treated in another portion The annual dinner was held at the Ho-
of the present issue. lei Arlington on Thursday evening, Scp-
Other papers worth mentioning were: tember 21st. The writer had the honor
"House Warming," by H. P. Pitts; "Com- of presiding as toastmastcr. The partici-
mercial Problems of the Day," by
F. S. Wade; "Purchasing," by N.
L. Morse; "Facts and Figures in
Gas Distribution," by D. E. Kep-
pelmann; "Wrinkles," by F. S.
Wade, and "Experiences," by the
veteran, John Clements.
Probably the most important
discussion of the entire conven-
tion, however, was that upon the
gas-rate problem. A special af-
ternoon was set aside for the
reading and discussion of three
papers upon this vexed problem.
Mr. Spitzglass, of the People's Gas
Light and Coke Company of Chi-
cago, though personally unable to
attend sent a very valuable con-
tribution, the title of which was,
"Where We Stand in Hate Making
for Gas or Electricity." In this
he contended that rates must hi-
based on cost of service. Mr. S.
Waldo Coleman supported the
"value of service" theory in his
paper, entitled "Equitable Gas
Rates." Mr. W. G. Vincent, Jr.,
of "Pacific Service," presented a
paper on "Analyzing Gas Costs
f-'*V.
V - »^
Twcntieh contury Aladdins — C. R. Biibcock and Frank
A. Cressey, Jr., admiring the electric light.
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179
So everybody had a good time at Santa
Barbara. The week's program of enter-
tainment for the ladies included several
interesting drives. The baths, too, held
considerable attraction for the fair sex,
many of whom exhibited remarkable pro-
ficiency in the natatorial art.
Next year we go to Santa Cruz. Here
is the invitation presented by Mr. S.
Waldo Coleman, who, as president of the
Coast Counties Light and Power Com-
pany, will be our chief host when we
assemble there:
"In Nineteen Seventeen.
"Five thousand years of history look
down upon you when you foregather
within the shadow of California's big
trees. Our mountains, our unsurpassed
seashore, our Big Basin, our citizens, our
Chamber of Commerce, our Public Utility
Company, welcome you to our city."
"Santa Cruz of Today."
The new administration— President-elect Babcock
and Vice-President-elect John D. Kuster.
pants numbered one hundred and thirty-
five, and everybody had a good time. All
of the speakers were on their toes, as it
were. The following evening, at a less
formal dinner, the ceremony was per-
formed of transferring the presidential
pin, a beautiful emblem, from the posses-
sion of Ex-President Cressey to that of
the new president, Mr. C. B. Babcock.
On the closing day, Friday, all the
members and their ladies were taken out
to Shepard's Inn, a resort nestling in the
foothills near Carpinteria, where they
were treated to a barbecue served in the
good old Spanish style by girls in charac-
teristic costumes. Music both instrumen-
tal and vocal was furnished by a com-
pany of picturesquely attired descendants
of early Spanish settlers of that section of
California.
^@^aiKW^;:2a
Mine host ol' Shepard's Inn.
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Impressions of^Our Convention
By HENRY BOSTWICK, Secretary of the Pacific Coast Gas Associatk
SINCE llie inception of the Pacific
Coast Gas Association, at the close of
each annual session expressions have al-
ways been heard along the lines of "This
was the best meeting the Association has
ever held." So, it has been the aim each
year of the Association's officers to ex-
ceed the efforts put forth by their prede-
cessors. As to how well they have suc-
ceeded in this respect our records and
printed volumes speak for themselves.
Now, I have no hesitancy in stating that
the twenty-fourth annual convention of
the Association was the most successful
meeting ever held from every point of
view, that is, in point of attendance,
papers, and full and intelligent discus-
sions. I wish to state that the Associa-
tion is in receipt of commendatory letters
from the four leading gas journals of the
country, complimenting the Association
upon the character of the papers which
were presented; not only for the subjects
covered but, also, for the able manner in
which they were handled.
What has proved to be a step forward
was the action taken by our retiring
president in the appointment of the sev-
eral standing committees. The reports of
the several chairmen were all listened to
with interest, and these committees dur-
ing the past year have set a standard
which their successors will have to
"watch their step" to equal or excel.
The Association is now about to enter
on its first quarter-century mark, and of
the fifty-six stalwarts who were charter
members there remain but fifteen still
active in its affairs. These men have
been the wheel-horses, so to speak, and
have kept the Pacific Coast Gas Associa-
tion in the front ranks of the gas asso-
ciations of the world. At our gathering
at Santa Cruz next year it is the inten-
tion of our officers-elect to pay due hom-
age to these men who have fathered our
Association for so many years. There
will be papers presented and read before
next year's convention in commemoration
of the occasion, and even at this early
date three papers are already under way,
and on subjects which will not only be
of manifest interest to our own members
but to the gas fraternity at large.
TlH- outing at Shopard-s Inn proved a real treat, and the barbecue made everybody happy.
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181
Babcock was a cowl)i)> once and hasn't
forgotten it.
At our recent convention there were
one hundred and five new members en-
rolled, making the total membership to-
day four hundred and
sixty-five energetic
men who in order to
keep "dear old gas"
apace with the times
are putting forth their
best efforts day in and
day out, month in and
month out, and year in
and year out, in pro-
moting every branch
of the gas industry.
The yearly conven-
tions of societies such
as ours are no longer
looked upon as mere
junketing trips on the
part of employers and
employees, but em-
ployees are selected
and delegated to at-
tend for the purpose of absorbing knowl-
edge and thereby better fitting themselves
to perform their daily duties.
It is always a great pleasure to do
things for an individual organization or
an association when one knows and feels
that his efforts are appreciated; and it
has been demonstrated to the officers-
elect of the Pacific Coast Gas Association
from year to year that their efforts are
appreciated by the members.
Our Association has long since grown
out of its swaddling clothes, and the ad-
ministration of its affairs is no longer a
one-man job. To continue its upward
stride the officers each year must have
the support and co-operation individually
and collectively of all of its members.
"We owe it to our charter members to
make our twenty-fifth convention go
down in the annals as the greatest meet-
ing ever held by the Association, and
with the co-operation and support of our
members as a whole this result, we think,
can be attained.
Our new president promises to an-
nounce at an early date his various com-
mittee appointments. No time will be
lost in notifying the chairmen.
The Jones family group — Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B., and "Baby"
Mr. and Mrs.
D wight.
E. S.
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The Gas Rate and Gas Cost Problem
Hy \V. (,. VINCKNT, JR., Valuation Engineer
ri^TME average person's interest in the
I ([uestion of gas rates is usually lim-
ited to an interest in the amount of his
monthly bill for gas, and it is his general
inii)ression that the utility's attitude is
limited to considerations of benefit to the
utility and not to the consumer. That
this is not the case and that much thought
is being devoted to the subject in order
to determine what form of rate is most
equitable to the consumer as well as to
the utility was clearly demonstrated at
the convention of the Pacific Coast Gas
Association at Santa Barbara.
Three papers were presented, each con-
tributing toward the solution of this puz-
zling (luestion, and in the general discus-
sion that followed many points of value
were brought out. A short synopsis of
each of the papers follows, covering the
general principles presented without fol-
lowing in detail the author's discussions,
for the subject itself as presented at the
Convention was entirely too technical and
voluminous to be reproduced here for
the magazine reader. A general outline
will at least show the direction which
work on rate problems is taking, and the
concerted efforts along these lines being
made by men in the gas industry.
Mr. J. M. Spitzglass of the People's Gas
Light and Coke Company of Chicago pre-
sented a paper on "Where We Stand in
Hate Making for Gas or Electricity." This
very excellent paper was of such length
that time would not permit of its being
read in full, but a synopsis of it was read
by Professor (]. L. Cory of the University
of California in the absence of the author
himself. Mr. Spitzglass has made a very
exhaustive study of all of the literature
on the subject of rates and rate theories.
He shows step by step the advance which
has been made from the old system of a
flat rale charge for gas or electricity. In
the beginning there were no meters. The
utility was usually started on a small
scale for lighting purposes and the only
available method of charging was the flat
rate per lamp or appliance installed on
the consumer's premises and connected to
the company's distribution mains. This
system was similar to one that might be
used by a hotel wherein a customer would
be entitled upon demand to obtain a room
of a given capacity for a certain price
with the privilege also of receiving free
of charge as many meals as he pleased.
Such a system, of course, was wasteful
and unjust to the consumer who needed
and only used the commodity for com-
paratively short periods. It was just and
reasonable only for the equipment or
"room" part, but not for the product or
"meals" part of the contract.
The invention of the meter offered an
excellent control of the product supplied
to the consumer, and in the haste of the
moment the burden was shifted entirely
to the other extreme. Customers were to
pay for the commodity or "meals," if
they wanted them, while the expense of
accommodations, or "room" part of the
contract was covered by raising the price
of the product, or the "meals."
It is human nature to jump from one
extreme to the other. The "meter rate"
was adopted not on its own merits, but
because it was obvious that the "flat rate"
was wrong. Eventually, however, many
careful observers began to realize the
shortcomings of the "meter rate." The
meter was measuring only the "meals"
part of the contract. This part is far
from being the total cost of the service
to the consumer. So. by a careful analy-
sis, it was found that the system of charg-
ing the consumer only in proportion to
the units of the product consumed was
very wasteful indeed. It was found that
the waste in having equipment standing
idle and the expense not paid for, under
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the meter system of charging, was at
times even greater than the waste of the
product resulting from the original flat
rate system of charging.
It was, therefore, evident that neither
one of the extremes would fill the bill.
One resulted in the waste of the product,
the oilier resulted in the waste of equip-
ment and, as the average consumer had
to pay the hill, either one of these ex-
tremes worked a hardship on him and
interfered with the natural development
of the utility. The solution seemed to
be: Let the "flat" rate take care of the
fixed cost of the equipment and the
"meter" rate take care of the variable cost
of the product. The main difficulty en-
countered in adopting this principle was
that of drawing the line between the flat
rate part and the meter rate part of the
bill. This uncertainty kept the pendulum
of rate practice swinging from one ex-
treme to the other and, in doing so, de-
veloped many varieties of differential
rates for public utility service.
The author traces through the period
of forty or fifty years leading up to the
present date the line of thought followed
by each student of the subject in present-
ing theories as to the most equitable
methods of determining costs and of
charging for the commodity used.
As a result of all the work done and
the theories developed in the treatment of
rates there have emerged two different
lines of thought. The first presents the
theory that a just rate should be based as
nearh' as possible on the cost of service;
that is, no consumer should pay less than
his full share of the cost of producing
the commodity which he has used, in-
cluding the cost of producing and dis-
tributing the commodity as well as all
other costs in connection with conduct-
ing the business, including also interest
and return on the capital which the util-
ity has invested in the business.
By the second theory we are told that
rates should not be based necessarily
upon the cost of service, but should be
measured hv the value of the service.
Certain classes of consumers may be re-
quired to pay a larger share of the total
cost of business through the fact that the
service is of greater value to this class,
while other classes in order to be se-
cured at all must be taken on at a lower
rate, which will not include so great a
share of the total costs. A rate to a cer-
tain class of consumers may have to be
reduced to such a point that the con-
sumer will be induced to use it, although
it must never be below the actual "out-of-
pocket" cost of providing the service.
The increased sales brought about through
the increased business resulting from the
new rate will benefit all classes of con-
sumers through the fact that the system
as a whole is put to a greater use and the
average cost per unit of output is corre-
spondingly lowered.
In conclusion, the writer of the paper
supports the first of the two methods out-
lined above, namely the cost-of-service
method, as a basis for making differen-
tial rates, rather than the value-of-service
method. He says :
"There is no way out of the fact that
rates for public utility service in order
to be equitable and fairly competitive
must be based only upon the cost of the
service to the company for supplying the
individual consumer. This statement is
not concerned with the fact whether it
is actually possible to determine the cost
of service to each individual consumer or
not, and to whatever degree of accuracy
this determination can be accomplished.
This principle should be established first.
Inasmuch as a given customer is respon-
sible for the expense to the company by
his free choice of action, that customer
should in equity to all pay for that ex-
pense. Assuming that the cost of service
can be easily and accurately determined
for each individual customer, what ex-
cuse can there be for charging one cus-
tomer less than the cost of serving him,
and to charge another customer, to make
up for this, something in excess of the
cost of serving him? It would seem that
the equity of the 'cost-of-service theory,'
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in addition to being established by law,
could also be proved by successful opera-
tions of the free market.
"When things are offered for sale the
price is always determined by the cost to
the seller, while the value of the article
to the buyer in all cases regulates the
amount of the sale, that is, by making
the selling price of the article in certain
cases to be lower than the value to the
buyer, which may be also lower than its
cost to the seller, the amount of sales will
necessarily increase, but the increased
sales will not necessarily bring any profit
and, therefore, the seller would be much
better off if the unprofitable sales could
be avoided. It seems to me that in the
case of regulated utilities where the ques-
tion of over-production is entirely elimi-
nated, there should be no proof necessary
that the maximum result will be obtained
when prices of the product will be made
to follow the actual cost, and yet we have
seen that the 'value-of-service' theory is
rooted very deeply in the minds of many
rate advocates. Some are, after the exam-
ple of railroads, carrying low-priced
goods at lower rates than higher-priced
goods, or, after the postage regulations,
charging lower prices for lower-classed
mails. There is this difference, however,
that neither the railroads nor the post-
office furnish the same kind of service to
the lower as to the higher class. The
customer has no choice in regulating that
service and, therefore, the expense in-
curred can hardly be traced to the indi-
vidual customer, as it can be in the case
of gas and electric service where the con-
sumer has the choice to demand the serv-
ice of the utility at any time he may
choose to do so.
"After all, even those who wf)ul(l pre-
fer to have a value test indicator for
every customer, if it were possible to do
it, have always said, nevertheless, that
the cost of the service must be considered
first, the only difference being tliat the
cost limit is modified by manipulating
file expenses of the utility according to
certain reasoning one way or another.
So the real argument is reduced merely to
the proper apportionment of the expenses
upon which the cost of service should be
based."
To any one interested in this subject
of rates the paper of Mr. Spitzglass is
recommended as a very excellent means
of getting in touch with the work that
has already been done along these lines.
It will be printed in full in the proceed-
ings of the Pacific Coast Gas Association.
Mr. S. Waldo Coleman of the Coast
Counties Gas and Electric Company pre-
sented a paper entitled "Commodity Gas
Rates" in support of the "value-of-serv-
ice" theory and an argument in favor of
adopting this method in the construction
of gas rates in place of the cost-of-service
method. Mr. Coleman points to the won-
derful development of the railway sys-
tems in this country and finds the in-
creased density of freight traffic at least
partly due to a system of rates which
charge less for transportation to low-
grade traffic than to high-grade, thus
bringing about an increased business and
resulting in a lower average cost of trans-
portation for all business handled. As
an illustration of this practice on the
part of the railways, anthracite coal is
charged a much higher rate than soft
coal, and the rate on fine woolen goods is
in excess of that on coarse cotton goods,
notwithstanding that the cost of handling
may be the same. Coal or sand may rea-
sonably be graded at two and one-half
cents per ton mile while the road is
charging four times as much for hard-
ware; for if something can be earned
above the expenses incident to handling
that coal or sand it enables the rate on
the hardware to be maintained at a lower
point than it otherwise would be.
The main difference between freight
rates in the United States and foreign
countries is that in foreign countries
more consideration has been given to the
cost of service as distinguished from the
additional cost; and to this the greater
density of freight traffic which has been
developed here and the lower average
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rate at which it is hauled, are largely due.
Electric utilities are tending more to
market their commodity along the "value-
of-service" lines than are gas utilities.
This is shown by the fact that 111 elec-
tric utilities in this State have filed 677
different schedules, while 50 gas com-
panies have only filed 162 different sched-
ules, or, per company, there are two and
one-half electric schedules to one gas
schedule. In other words, the price of
a k. w. hour is based more on the use to
which the k. \\\ hour is put than is the
price of a cubic foot of gas.
As in the railroad business every piece
of freight does not carry a proportionate
part of the overhead expense, so, in the
gas business, all uses of gas should not
have to bear a proportionate part of our
overhead. Referring again to our rail-
way analogy, we may assume that the
average cost per ton per mile, including
all operating expenses, taxes and return
on stocks and bonds, is 7.5 mills, which
is the average rate per ton per mile in
the United States. Suppose we should
abolish all the existing complicated classi-
fications and tariffs and begin to charge
a flat rate on all commodities of 7.5 mills
per ton per mile, we would then have
rates based absolutely on distance and
average total cost of service. Now, mil-
lions of tons of ore, coal, stone, etc.,
are hauled each year for from SV2 to 4
mills per ton per mile. It cannot be as-
sumed that they bear a higher rate; if
they could, the carriers would hardly
make on them a rate so much below the
average. The first effect, therefore, of the
application to all traffic of a rate based
on average total cost would be that a
large amount of this low-grade traffic
would quit moving. The resultant slump
in earnings would necessitate an increase
in the rate; this would make it too high
for anollier large quantity of relatively
low-grade traffic, and there would be an-
other slump in business and earnings,
which would necessitate another increase
in the average rate. The ultimate result
would be that the rate would become so
high that only the higher class, or even
the highest class, of commodities could
move at all, and those at a much higher
rate than at present.
Of course, no low rate can be made for
a particular use of gas unless that rate is
sufficient to fully cover the additional
cost of supplying that gas, or, in railroad
parlance, cover the "out-of-pocket" cost
of supplying that gas, and, as in the case
of the railroads, the surplus, however
small, obtained from such gas business,
w^ill lessen by just that amount the profit
which must be made from the other cus-
tomers in order that a reasonable rate of
return may be made on the investment.
Following up this argument, the writer
of the paper believes the same principles
may apply in the selling of gas. Most gas
companies possess an excess of gas-mak-
ing capacity which could profitably be
put to use. If the actual cost of any ad-
ditional gas sold would average from 35
to 40 cents, it would be to the advantage
of both the company and the consumers
to have this excess gas sold at a rate
somewhat above this additional cost, for
by doing so the average unit cost for all
of the plant's output is thereby lowered
and consequently with the increased busi-
ness a lower rate may be possible for all
consumers.
The writer presented a paper on "Ana-
lyzing Gas Costs and Sales," dealing with
specific methods of analyzing costs and
sales. This, in part, read as follows:
"Believing that the application of care-
ful and accurate methods of analysis to
the operations of any enterprise is essen-
tial to efficiency and economy, the author
has endeavored in the following pages to
cover briefly some of the fundamental
questions involved and problems pre-
sented in analyzing the cost of gas, and
to suggest solutions and methods which
have been found, at least in part, satis-
factory and certainly of great value.
"It has been a long-established practice
of all gas companies to watch very closely
the costs of certain definite and easily
obtained units in their operations, such
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as the gcMicraling cost per unit of gas
made, with subdivisions into fuel, labor,
etc.; the unit costs of laying mains, serv-
ices, installing meters, reading meters,
hilling, collecting, etc.; and analyses of
such costs in providing means of detect-
ing losses, wastes and the possibility of
economies are essential to edicient opera-
tion. Such units, however valuable they
may i)e individually, do not cover the
total cost of the operations which they in
part represent, and cannot be depended
upon as a basis for fixing general rales,
or for determining whether or not cer-
tain business can be taken on at a profit,
or whether a contemplated extension is
advisable, and the many kindred ques-
tions which relate to tlie external policy
of the company.
"Physical, geographical, economic and
climatic conditions introduce variables in
the cost of difl"erent gas utilities as do
features of design and construction. A
congested territory, proximity to oil or
coal fields and transportation facilities,
make it possible for one utility to pro-
duce gas at a lower cost than another not
so favorably located.
"Those conditions governing the oper-
ating and design which affect the costs
may be called internal, and the condi-
tions imposed upon the utility by the re-
quirements of the field it is supplying
may be called external conditions.
"It is tlie purpose of this paper to deal
more i)aili(ularly with the latter or ex-
ternal conditions affecting costs, and to
make some suggestions as to their effect
on cost in general and the influence of
certain of these external conditions on
the various items of costs. For instance,
we all cleaily recognize that to take the
total cost of a gas utility and divide this
cost by the total gas sold will give us an
average cost per 10(10 feet sold; but we
also recognize that the cost of supplying
cf)nsumcr A, who uses 1000 feet, cannot
he obtained by multiplying this unit by
A's consumption, nor can the cost of sup-
plying consumer B, who uses 100,000 feet,
be obtained bv this method.
"In a broad way there are certain defi-
nite external requirements, which every
gas utility has to meet in supplying its
patrons and these requirements largely
determine the costs of service; briefly
stated, they are: First, the number of
consumers; second, the maximum de-
mand upon the plant made by the con-
sumers; third, the amount of gas recpiired
by the consumers during a given period
of time.
"These conditions are not peculiar to
the gas business, but are recognized to a
large extent as determinative of the cost
of service in other classes of utility serv-
ice, such as water, telephone, electric,
street railway, etc., and also find their
analogies in many other lines of business.
"With the necessity of meeting these
requirements recognized, all costs may be
classified as 'consumer,' 'demand,' 'out-
put' or 'overhead,' as they are found to
be influenced by these factors. For ex-
ample, the cost of reading meters may
be classed at once as varying with the
number of consumers, and not affected
in any way by a change in the demand
or the output; again, the cost of oil for
gas is almost a direct function of the
amount of gas manufactured. In this
way each cost may be considered sepa-
rately and classified by testing with the
([uery as to whether the figures would be
modified by a change in any of the ]
variables.
"A careful segregation between demand
and output costs is very generally re-
garded as essential in analyzing the costs
of supplying electric power where the ]
([uestion of load factor is such an impor- |
lant element; but for gas utilities, where,
unlike the electric utilities, it is not
necessary to provide generator capacity
capable of supplying maximum instanta-
neous demands, load factor is not nearl\
so important, and it would seem advisable
for those of us who are analyzing gas
costs to give careful consideration to the
necessities of the case before becoming
involved in complications which, of nec-
essitv, result from an attempt to segregate
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187
and distribute equitably the demand costs
as distinct from output costs.
"With these practical dilliculties of the
segregation and application of the de-
mand costs in mind, I have deemed it un-
necessary to make such a segregation in
the analyses made in this paper, but have
included demand and output costs to-
gether under the general head of 'output'
costs.
"Having defined the method of analysis,
the accounts covering one year's opera-
tions of a California gas utility are shown
in detail, segregated in the manner de-
scribed, each cost, including operation,
maintenance, general expenses, deprecia-
tion, and interest on investment, is care-
fully analyzed and segregated to the con-
sumer cost or output cost.
"Careful analyses of costs and sales
can be made by every utility at a very
small expense, which will be many times
repaid by the value of the results. Such
analyses will enable every one in the or-
ganization, from the plant superintendent
to the salesmen, to obtain a better per-
spective of the entire operation from the
manufacturing to the selling of gas and
to appreciate the more fully the relative
financial importance of each step.
"The trend of the times and, in fact,
the necessities of the times demand tl e
highest degrees
of efficiency and
economy and, in
order that this
may be accom-
plished in the
field of gas util-
ity operations, it
will require the
most careful and
accurate plan-
ning and applica-
tion of methods
of analy zin
costs for every
operation.
"To obtain this
result most satis-
factorily, those
interested should act collectively rather
than individually, as such action would
not only have the effect of adding greater
weight to the results, but would lay the
foundation for closer co-operation and a
more open policy between the utilities
with respect to cost data than has hereto-
fore been generally followed. That a
closer co-operation in this respect has
not been followed is surprising when one
stops to consider and weigh the great
benefits to be derived on the one hand
and the objections on the other.
"It is believed that one of the principal
deterring factors in the exchange of cost
data between utilities has been a lack of
uniformity in accounting methods, and
now that these have been standardized
the ground work for a uniform classifi-
cation of cost data has already been laid
and what remains to be done is to de-
velop the methods and the details to be
followed."
Following tbe reading of the papers
there was a very interesting and extended
discussion covering the subjects pre-
sented, during which many important
points were brought out by the members
present. Those taking part in the dis-
cussion were Messrs. Berkley, Vincent,
Coleman, Cory, Bridge, Pitts, Keyes and
Kuster.
Santa Barbara possesses an up-to-date gas works.
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3n ilemoriam
WILLIAM DELAWARE SMITH
1849 T 1916
"Pacific Service" has suffered a severe loss in the taking away
of William Delaware Smith, cashier of Alameda County District,
w^ho in the sixty-seventh year of an active and useful life suc-
cumbed to an attack of heart trouble on September 17th last.
He was born a pioneer, of pioneer settlers, for he made his
entrance into this world in a wagon train which conveyed his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith, across the plains in the
great year of gold discovery in California. His early years must
have been full of the romanticism of that period which Bret
Harte, Mark Twain and others have made famous, for upon ar-
rival in the Golden State his parents located in Grass Valley; but
when he grew toward man's estate the lure of the gold fields
paled beside that of the western metropolis which w^as in the hey-
day of a feverish activity, so he made his way to San Francisco.
He engaged in various mercantile ventures and subsequently took
employment with the United States Government Customs House
Service. December 1, 1886, he became associated with the organi-
zation now known far and wide as "Pacific Service" as an em-
ployee of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, and upon
its absorption by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company he be-
came the cashier of what is now the Alameda County District.
He retained this position to the day of his death.
His handling of the company's finances in Oakland was marked
with care and exact attention to detail. For many years he also
distributed the stationery supplies and through his efforts large
economies were accomplished. In nature he was generous to a
fault, but he exacted the strictest formality in observing rules and
practice. That he was fondly known as "Pop" Smith is a suffi-
cient tribute to his character.
They tell some characteristic tales of him. Years ago, when he
acted as a clerk, accountant and office salesman, a customer came
one day to buy a gas heater, a device at that time comparatively
new. The customer asked him for a recommendation, whereupon
Smith replied, "Well, now that you ask me, I will tell you; some
like them and some don't; you might take one to see to which
class you belong." This observation may not have been in line
with the rules of modern salesmanship, but it certainly serves to
illustrate his candor and frankness in all things.
He was a Master Mason of Oakland Lodge No. 188; also a mem-
ber of the Oakland Lodge of Elks. He made a host of friends in
civic, business and fraternal circles. Needless to say, he endeared
himself to the hearts of all the members of "Pacific Service" who
knew him. His was a life of activity as well as of truth and kind-
liness. "Pacific Service" has lost a true friend as well as a valu-
able and faithful employee.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Britton Smith, sister
of Mr. John A. Britton, our Vice-President and General Manager,
and four sons, Guy C, William B., Milton K. and Paul D. Smith.
His family mourn a devoted and loving husband and father. "Pa-
cific Service" extends deepest sympathy to them in their affliction.
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The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service''
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
W\i prespnt below income account statement for the month of September, 1916,
for the nine months of the current fiscal year to September 30th, and for the
twelve months ended September 30th.
INCOME ACCOUNT
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
1916 1915
+ Increasi:
— Decreasiv
Gross Operating Revenue
$ 1,563,320.12
98.10
% 1,521,894.10
36,795.09
+$ 41,426.02
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly from
Panania-Pacilic International Exj)Osition
— 36,696.99
Total Gross Operating Revenue
% 1,563,418.22 $ 1,558,689.19
+$ 4.729.03
Operating Expenses and Taxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible Accounts
$ 745,034.57 % 672,320.15
181,344.59 205,033.62
19,000.00 19,000.00
+$ 72,714.42
— 23,689.03
Total Expenses and Reserves
$ 945.379.16 % 896,353.77
+$ 49,025.39
Net Operating Revenue
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
$ 618,039.06 $ 662,335.42
21,174.10 26,112.33
— $ 44,296.36
— 4,938.23
Total Net Income
Bond Interest
$ 639,213.16 $ 688,447.75
321,841.01 329,600.85
14,431.66 13.713.27
— $ 49,234.59
— 7,759.84
Bond Discount and Expense (apportionment) ....
+ 718.39
Surplus
% 302,940.49 $ 345,133.63
— $ 42,193.14
NINE MONTHS— JANUARY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30
Gross Operating Revenue
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly from
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses and Taxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible Accounts
Total Expenses and Reserves
Net Operating Revenue
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income
Bond and ."Notts Interest
Bond Dis((nuit and Expense (apportionment) ....
Surplus
Dividends on Preferred Stock — Accrued for 9 mos.
Balance
$13,780,902.04
10,725.99
$13,791,628.03
$ 6,129
1,801
171
,137.31
,596.69
,000.00
$ 8,101.734.00
5,689.
320,
$ 6,019,
2,910
^129,
$ 2,97S
1,035.
894.03
3311. 5S
233.61
.385.08
.S,^4.48
(»(i4.(l5"
911.05
$13,418,904.18
304,857.00
$13,723,761.18
5,934
1,768.
171.
602.33
559.84
000.00
$ 7,874,162.17
S 5.849.
2.')S.
.$6,1 US,
3,007.
119,
599.01
S 12.68^
411.69
261.82
235.47
-f $361,997.86
— 294.131.01
+$ 67,806.85
+$194,534.98
+ 33,036.85
+$227,571.^
—$159.704. '.IS
+ 70..V-'(;.90
— $ 89,178.08
— 96,876.74
+ 10,649.01
$ 2,981
820.
,914.40
039.68
$ 1,943,053.00 $ 2,161,874.72
— $ 2,950.35
+ 215,871.37
—$218,821.7"^
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
(iross Operating Revenue
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly from
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Exjx'nses and Faxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation
Reserves for Casualties and 1 neollectible Accounts
Total Expenses and Reserves
Net Operating Revenue
Non-Operating Hevenne (Net)
Total Net Income
Br>nd and Note Interest
Bond iind Noti* Discoimt and Expense (appor-
tionment)
Surplus
Dividends on Preferred Stocks- Accrued for 12 mos.
Balance
$18,500,928.12
97,239.77
$18,598,167.89
$ 8,201,241.22
2,383,923.22
228.000.00
sMi.si:;.l(i4.44'
•■> 7.7'^.").()(I3.45
^482.(il2.23
$ 8,2C)7.61.").(i8
3,890,916.80
171.0.59.44
$ 4,2()."). ():{!). 44
1,305.432.54
$17,812,924.19
313,223.55
$18,126,147.74
$ 2,900,206.90
$ 7,917,691.68
2,263,309.05
224.250.00
$l().4().o.2.50.7Ji^
$ 7.720.8!t7.01
.•:(•■,..-, I S.73
S .s,(iii7. 11.'.. 74
4,001,064.28
241,350.03
$ 3,825,001.43
985,023.05
-f $688,003.93
— 215
+S472
+$283
+ 120
+ 3
9S3.78_
()-:(l.l5_
,549.54
,614.17
,750.00
+$407,913.71
+$ 64
+ 136
+$200
— 110
,106.44
093.50
,199.94
147.48
— 70.290..59
+$380.(i38.01
+ 320.409.49
$ 2,839,978.38 I +$ 60,228.52
Pacific Service Magazine
191
GENERAL AND REFUNDING BONDS LISTED ON NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE
Under date of September 27, 1916, $29,982,000 par value of the General and Refunding Mort-
gage Five Per Cent Thirty-Year Coupon Bonds of this Company, Series A, due 1942, numbers
1-10,696, 10,701-20,000, 20,236-23,461, 23,465-23,548, 23.560-25,235 and 25,431 to 30,430, all inclu-
sive, for $1000 each, were admitted to the ofiicial list of the New York Stock Exchange, with authority
to add $1,000,000 of the same issue of bonds on ofiicial notice to the Exchange that they had been
sold and passed beyond the control of the Company, in accordance with the terms of the Company's
application, making the total amount authorized to be listed $30,982,000.
COMPARATIVE GROWTH OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
The growth during the three years ended December 31, 1915, in the gross earnings of sixteen
gas and electric utilities operating corporations serving large centers of population in the United
States is shown in the following table, compiled from the 1916 edition of "Moody's Analyses of Public
Utilities and Industrials."
Name of Company
Edison Elec. lUum. Co
Boston Consol. Gas Co
New York Edison Co
Consol. Gas Co
Kings County Elec.Lt. & Power Co
Brooklyn Union Gas Co
Philadelphia Elec. Co
Consol. Gas, Elec. Lt. & Power
Co
Detroit Edison Co
Columbia Gas & Elec. Co
Commonwealth Edison Co
Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co . .
Laclede Gas Light Co
Wisconsin Edison Co
Southern Calif. Edison Co
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Principal
FlELB OF
Operations
Boston. . .
Boston. . .
New York
New York
Brooklyn .
Brooklyn .
Philadelphia
Baltimore.
Detroit. . .
Cincinnati
Chicago. .
Chicago. .
St. Louis.
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
See page xiii
Gross Earnings
-f- Increase
— Decrease
1915
J 7,429,124
4.889,783
22,546,068
13,562,369
7,000,815
10,719,758
8,777,924
6.789,402
7,759,932
8,044,532
20,882,327
17,037,894
4,577,731
8,605,380
4,933,116
18,530,301
1912
I 5,787,345
4.339,829
21,024,941
14,001,729
5,230,172
9,934,602
7,051,497
5,465,287
4,385,615
6,984,352
15,361,650
16,370,936
4,444,498
7,733,151
4,340,501
14,473,525
+$1,641,779
549,954
1,521,127
439,360
1,770,643
785,156
1,726,427
+ 1,324,115
+ 3,374,317
1,060,180
5,520,677
666,958
133,233
872,229
592,615
+ 4,056,776
+28%
+ 13%
+ 7%
— 3%
+34%
+ 8%
+24%
+24%
+76%
+ 15%
+36%
+ 4%
+ 3%
+ 11%
+ 14%
+28%
STATEMENT OF CONSUMERS BY DEPARTMENTS AT SEPTEMBER 30
G.\s
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
September 30
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
116,289
51,145
5,494
172,928
1908
127,345
59,025
5,745
192,115
1909
135,120
67,028
6,326
208,474
1910
147,388
79,933
6,676
233,997
1911
161,251
95,514
7,208
34
264,007
1912
190,458
112,079
7,893
185
310,615
1913
203,588
126,554
8,361
252
338,755
1914
216,016
143,134
9,035
313
368,498
1915
226,502
161,441
9,498
362
397,803
1916
229,480
174,422
9,984
390
414,276
Gain in 9 years
113,191
123,277
4,490
390
241,348
192
Pacific Service Magazine
pacific g>Erbice JHaga^ine
PUBLISHED IN THB INTERESTS OP ALL EMPLOYEES OP
THE PACIFIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription $1.50
Single copy ^^
Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street. San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon Uie management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII OCTOBER, 1916
No. 5
EDITORIAL
Under the heading "Pacific Gas and
Electric Financial Strength Due to Cali-
fornia Interests," the San Francisco Bul-
letin, in its issue of October 6th, pays a
pretty compliment to the system of in-
terior financing adopted by "Pacific Serv-
ice" in its disposal of a large proportion
of its first preferred stock issue to con-
sumers and employees, all of whom, of
course, must be residents of California.
"Few public utility corporations re-
ceive in the same proportion the strong
support of California investors as does
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,"
reads the opening sentence of the article.
"Of a total of 7328 stockholders, 4484 are
residents of California. Stockholders in
the East number 1763 and foreign stock-
holders total 359. More than one-half of
the total capital stock of .$57,648,325 par
value is held on the Pacific Coast.
"Many thousand shares have been sold
by the company to its consumers and em-
ployees and it is largely due to this prac-
tice that the company has been able to
command such unusually strong support
in its own community. Many of the ills
that have beset public utility corporations
in tills Stale have been due to the system
of absentee landlordism. California in-
dustries and utilities financed by Eastern
capital and controlled by their agents
have seldom gained the confidence or re-
ceived the support that those financed
and managed by local captains of indus-
try have."
In our last issue we called attention to
an editorial appearing in a Chicago news-
paper in which the H. M. Byllesby Com-
pany dealt, from the point of view of
an expert in such matters, with what it
called the partial mutualization of vari-
ous business industries throughout the
country; partial mutualization being the
term applied to the policy adopted by
several up-to-date public utilities in in-
viting their consumers to become stock-
holders. This subject was again discussed
at the annual convention of the Colorado
Electric Light, Power and Railway Asso-
ciation held at Glenwood Springs in Sep-
tember. A paper entitled "Customer Own-
ership" w^as read by Mr. Hodge, publicity
manager for Byllesby and Company, in
which our company was given credit for
the first definite step in the new direction
which had encouraged others to follow.
To quote:
"The subject of off"ering and selling the
securities of utility companies to citizens
of the communities served was discussed
by our organization for a number of
years before it was actually begun in
June, 1915. Opinions of investment bank-
ers and many public utility operators was
discouraging. Predictions were made that
any scheme of broad distribution of
utility securities in home territory — out-
side of the financial centers — would be a
failure. However, the success of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company in finding
a market for a large amount of six per
cent preferred stock in California indi-
cated that in some parts of the country,
at least, the public could be persuaded to
invest in the securities of electric and gas
companies which were part and parcel
of their own communities. * *
"It has been demonstrated to our satis-
faction that a broad distribution of the
securities of a utility company may be
secured among the company's own cus-
tomers by serious, careful and persistent
efl'orts over a reasonable time, say a
period of from three to five years."
Pacific Service Magazine
193
Federal investigaling committees and
various city boards of licallh are con-
ducting exhaustive investigations of home
lighting and its effect on eyesight, says
the San Francisco Examiner. The result
has been to establish lighting as one of
the most fundamental and important
home problems. Of 300,000 children ex-
amined by the New York Board of Health,
27,000 were found to have defective eye-
sight. A large proportion of these cases
was traced to bad lighting in the homes.
By a little study and by seeking sound
advice, the home builder may install
lighting fixtures which will be not only
attractive, but which will be economical
and hygienic. The modern science of
lighting has established indirect and semi-
indirect methods as the best for home
use.
The indirect methods provide an in-
verted bowl of metal or opaque glass-
ware, lined with glass metal reflectors,
hung near a light ceiling which will dif-
fuse the light softly through the room.
In the semi-indirect method the bowl is
partly opaque. The basic principle is to
have the light source properly shaded,
well placed and rightly used. Over-
bright, flickering or dim lights are to be
avoided.
Mr. Cyrus Peirce, until recently man-
ager and president of N. W. Halsey & Co.
of California, has organized the firm of
Cyrus Peirce & Co., dealers in bonds and
investment securities, with offices in the
Insurance Exchange Building, 433 Cali-
fornia Street, San Francisco.
Mr. Peirce opened the San Francisco
offices of N, W. Halsey & Co. in January,
1905, and one of his first transactions
was the purchase of $400,000 treasury
bonds of the Valley Counties Power Com-
pany, a subsidiary company of the Cali-
fornia Gas and Electric Corporation.
He was also an active paiticipant in the
negotiations which subsequently led to
the consolidation of the California Gas
and Electric Corporation and the San
Francisco Gas and Electric Company into
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
now so familiarly known as "Pacific
Service."
For years afterward N. W. Halsey &
Co. handled "Pacific Service" securities,
and the late Mr. N. W. Halsey was a di-
rector of our company.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
facturing Company, the Westinghouse
Lamp Company and the R. D. Nuttall
Company announce the removal of their
San Francisco offices to the seventh floor
of the First National Bank Building, cor-
ner of Montgomery and Post streets, San
Francisco.
WHO AM I?
My saving power is greater than all me-
chanical forces.
I have the power to overcome careless-
ness, recklessness and indifference.
I am the greatest enemy of sorrow and
suffering.
I am ever-present. It takes no physical
effort to find me.
It is not necessary even to call me, for
I come on the wings of thought.
I am at the service of old or young,
weak or strong.
I protect the happiness of homes, and
save years of suffering.
I prevent the unnecessary making of
widows and orphans.
I save thousands of wage-earners to
lives of usefulness.
I save lives and limbs of husbands,
fathers, sons and daughters in the indus-
try; of the little children, of the parents,
of the young and strong, of the aged and
feeble in the homes, on the streets and
in the public places.
I bring comfort and cheer.
I give my all and ask nothing in return.
I am 3'our best friend.
I AM CAUTION.
— The Bureau of Safety.
iy4
Pacific Service Magazine
m
Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda County District
"Pacific Service" employees enter many
liomes and see all conditions of life from
wealth to poverty, from joy to distress.
Hurtlett Cornell of the Commercial De-
partment relates a story full of human
interest. He says the poor, like trouble,
are always with us, and none are so
charitable as the poor because they
know the pangs of need. It is the deeds
of self-denial that make real happiness.
The mere giving from plenty does not
make the heart of the giver truly joyful.
Burdelt in his travels came across a home
of a Portuguese family. There were four-
teen children, the youngest four years of
age and eight others; all a direct care
upon the aged mother. The home showed
a struggle for the necessities of life and
the mother was bowed down by hard
work and care. She had a neighbor, like-
wise Portuguese, where the father had
been sick and the mother and five chil-
dren were in want. This old mother, with
all the care of her nine little ones, more-
over with scarcely enough to supply the
craving appetites of her own, took to her
home three of this neighbor's children
that the mother might seek work in a
cannery. The old mother in the large-
ness of her heart wanted to help and the
only way she could was by adding bur-
den to herself. The other, then, was en-
abled to go out, and, in her limited way,
was given an opportunity to i)rovide a
few dollars that her family might have a
liltie to keep body and soul together.
Alger Non Kst prints the following let-
ter from a Japanese to a member of "Pa-
citic Service" Contract Department:
Yokahama 15 .Tuly
Mr .lav Frank Fugazzi Ks(i
hon Sir
I drop this few lines let yf)U come sur-
prise to hear from me over hear I like
call you Fugazzimolo you such like
brother You much color and hair all
same brown man I come hear catch wife
One. papa he say want 2r)(»^ other papa
say 30(1.^ ^Vhat" sav you think I think
250$ i)lenty some You no by American
wife I like American wife much cheap
I think I shop more I see what I do and
hope pleas you much when I come I
come back open store what you think
You much glad see me You shake hand
much smile hand me paper say write
name get meator You nice man always
have pencle you say cooperate me AVhat
for you say big word You think tailor
shoj) good or think restrant much pleas
you better You like eat much restrant
then come often my place Tailor you
only come two time year I like see you
to restrant better \Vhen I leave I find on
my door bill of Gas dear Sir I sure I
no use all consumer of gas dear Sir I
no had Gas for last week I telephon
you that the Leader pipe bloke I think
pipe was bloked from all time When I
come pleas send laborer put in rite
meator I no pay gas bloke Meator make
nice lite Meator good name All same
meator make sky lite One day you say
you sick I say you drink hot milk You
say no that sick I think same much
Rewig joke American man much laugh
Jap man no laugh You no laugh neither
I no like you first name You no Jay
I much like you next name Frank You
much Frank with me I think Jap man
very dear to you Your laborer tell me
go i^hillipine light 22 month get country
for Jap men Man tell me sharpshoot
much bother you You send Garcia man
tell them you send army wipe them all
out do it again Thev did you did and
arm did Laborer tell me one day you
grab gun put big knife teeth swim river
surprise 50 Spanishman and march jail
Other Spanish man run much scared
make much breath like eat red peppar
You very brave do much for Jap make
nice Jap country me vote you Presdent
some (lav One day you give me magazine
Pacific Service I read royal red boy much
make good I say you big lite all same
big red sun Jap flag I now inclose
^Vith much good wish
Kashi Moko
Westinghouse Pacific Coast Brake Com-
pany. Park and Tlalleck, has built up a
large Pacific Coast trade in compressed
Pacific Service Magazine
195
air machinery. However, the Coast trade
is but a small portion, as large shipments
are made to the remote parts of the Ori-
ent and also along the South American
ports. The factory is electrically oper-
ated, totaling about ninety horsepower.
port shows that the total value of the
gold and silver produced in Yuba County
during 1915 was $2,708,964.
The Hanlon Dry Dock and Shipbuild-
ing Company illustrates how a concern
may come into a city, as it has in Oak-
land, buy a piece of property, start a
large plant and the general public be un-
aware of it. This company now has a
$250,000 ship almost completed and, by
the way, the largest wooden vessel ever
built on the Coast. In a hull of this class
there are scarcely two pieces of timber
alike in its 317 feet of length and 80 feet
of width. The bolts and fastenings are
all driven by compressed air hammers
electrically operated, as well as 250 horse-
power to draw^ vessels up onto the dry
dock. Pacific Gas and Electric Company
is a prominent feature in the service.
There are 250 men emploved on a payroll
of $20,000, monthly.
Schneider's Shoe Store has leased the
entire building at Eleventh and Washing-
ton streets and is installing elaborate fur-
nishings. Mr. Morris Schneider recently
returned from the East where he made a
special study of store arrangement and
is now giving Oakland the latest ideas in
store equipment and service. The store
will be a big asset to the downtown dis-
trict and "Pacific Service" commends
tlieir enterprise.
Sperry Flour Company, besides local
trade, is shipping a hundred cars a month
to outside points.
The Western Casket Company is com-
pleting a large factory on Tenth Street,
Oakland, wholesaling undertakers' sup-
I)lies. This concern began in a small way
but is now an important factor in the
coast trade. Gradually Eastern importa-
tions are giving way to coast-made prod-
ucts. Recently President Mayhew, when
asked his business, adroitly replied, "fol-
lowing the medical profession."
Marysville District
During 1915 Yuba Countv produced
$2,703,710 worth of gold and 10,3G3 fine
ounces yf silver, according to the annual
report made by Mr. Charles G. Yale of the
United States Geological Survey. The re-
According to the monthly bulletin
issued by the California Developmen*
Board, Sutter reports a 75-per cent and
Yuba a 70-per cent almond crop. Yuba
and Sutter counties report a 100-per cent
apple crop. Sutter reports a 100-per cent
berry crop. Sutter also reports a 100-per
cent crop of figs and Yuba reports a 90-
per cent crop. The lemon crop of Yuba
County will be a 90-per cent, it is re-
ported. Yuba reports a 60-per cent olive
crop and a 90-per cent orange crop. The
peach crop of Sutter Count}- is reported
as being a 60 per cent crop, while Sutter
reports a 75-per cent yield. Yuba's pear
crop was a bumper one, 110 per cent.
Sutter's was but a 50-per cent yield. Sut-
ter's plum crop WHS 75 per cent. Yuba's
prune crop was 90 per cent, and Sutter's
75 per cent. The raisin grape yield in
Sutter was 90 per cent and in Yuba it
was 100 per cent. The table grape crop
in Sutter and Yuba w^as 100 per cent. The
wine grape crop was 100 per cent in
Yuba and Sutter counties.
Marysville's tax rate for 1916-17 will
be ten cents higher than last year. The
rate as fixed by the City Council at its
meeting in September is $1.90 against
$1.80 last year. Here is the rate fixed by
the Council for the different city funds:
Levee fund, 10 cents; general fund, $1.49;
sewer bond interest and sinking fund,
12 cents; municipal bond interest and
sinking fund, 19 cents; total, $1.90. The
request of the Chamber of Commerce to
increase the tax rate to provide for the
establishment of a permanent road fund
of $50,000 was turned down by the Super-
visors when they fixed the rate for 1916-
17. The board, however, agreed to take
up the matter next year.
Outside the city the rate will be $2.40,
or 70 cents lower than last year, and the
inside rate will be •'^3.45, or the same as
last year. The inside rate could not be
reduced, owing to the 70 cents voted for
the new gronnnar school.
The Wheatland rate adopted is $2.60,
which is quite a little reduction over last
year. Sixty cents of the tax is for school
purposes.
Yuba and Sutter counties face the fall
and winter of 1916 with the optimism
that is born only of prosperity. Through-
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Pacific Service Magazine
out the sister counties for many months
prosperity has reigned with a scepter of
gold, and every citizen has felt the happy
touch. Every line of business and en-
deavor has been affected by this almost
unprecedented wave of good times.
The stockman has done well. Weather,
feed and ranges have been good. He has
received good prices and will receive bet-
ter prices for his stock. The farmer is
happy. His warehouses or barns are
filled with golden grain or pearly rice.
Bumper prices prevail. The orchardist
is smiling broadly, for his peaches are
bringing him good returns — better prices
than since 1911 and there is a market for
all he has raised. This is true of all
forms of horticulture. The vineyardists
of Sutter and Yuba counties also are jubi-
lant, for there is a ready market for all
the grapes, table, wine and raisin, and
the prices offered are splendid. Men and
women are making money from the soil
this year and Sutter and Yuba counties
are happy, prosperous communities.
This prosperity naturally has had an
echo in better living by the farmers and
those dependent upon them. The farmer
is building himself a better home, erect-
ing larger and more up-to-date barns, im-
proving his ranch here and there with
substantial, needed improvements. His
children are going to school and he has
seen to it that his children attend school
in modern healthful school houses.
Throughout the two counties this sum-
mer the hammer and saw have been ac-
tive and school houses have either been
repaired, repainted or new ones, fine,
handsome new buildings, have been
erected. The countryside is dotted with
new and pretty farm houses. Prosperity
is at every hand. Indeed, Yuba and Sut-
ter counties are entering upon the last
months of 1916 with satisfaction and
pleasure, for in spite of the war and
other things, 1916 has been a mighty
prosperous year.
house of the type Judge Bryan is plan-
ning IS badly needed. As it is now, many
ot the rice growers who desire to hold
their rice in storage until late in the sea-
son when the prices often soar, have to
ship it to Sacramento or San Francisco
Judge Bryan is making other improve-
ments on his property. Several bunk-
- Houses are being erected on his property
and also a large building for housing his
traction engines.
Other farmers in the Hallwood District
are building barns and other buildings on
their property. The district is one of the
most progressive in the county.
The Consolidated Gold Fields Company
are starting work on the new No. 16 gold
dredger which will be completed in a
few months. J. E. Poingdestre.
<«
Fresno District
A proposed bond issue in Fresno Coun-
ty will amount to $3,600,000 for good
roads. A novel feature suggested bv the
Advisory Committee of the County High-
way Commission provides that election
officers shall serve without compensation.
If this can be arranged, it will mean a
saving of about $10,000. One of the roads
to be improved is that leading to Hunting-
ton Lake, a popular summer resort.
One of the largest warehouses in this
section of the State will probably be
erected by Judge Louis Bryan on his U'act
of land in the Hallwood District, known
as the old Diggs tract. Judge Brvan plans
on erecting the warehouse to use for stor-
ing rice grown in the neighboring coun-
ties. If the warehouse is erected accord-
ing to plans it will be large enough to
store several thousand tons of rice.
The rice industry in Yuba, Butte, Co-
lusa and Sutler counties has expanded so
wonderfully in the last vear that a ware-
The estimated crop of Thompson seed-
less raisins for 1916 will amount to 28 000
tons, an increase of 10,000 tons over last
year. This popular variety of grape has
an interesting historv in California. It
IS generally understood that this is a local
production and that seedless grapes orig-
inated here. As a matter of fact, the
Chinese have been growing them for
about twenty-three hundred years, there-
?Vr'.,!"^^"*'""'"^ their gunpowder record.
William Thompson, Sr., is credited with
producing near Sutter Citv, in 1872 the
first grapes of this kind, they were' cut-
tings of "Turkish Sultanina" grafted into
old Muscat vines. In Smvrna, where seed-
less have been grown for a century the
crop now amounts to 50,000 tons annu-
ally. The first Thompson vinevards in
I^resno County were planted in 1892, and
the yearly increase in production is sufR-
cient evidence of the value of this in-
dustry in this State.
Mr. H. C. Ross, new business manager
after his return from the Gas 'Conven-
tion, decided that "absence really makes
the heart grow fonder," and, instead of
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oming direct to the office, he visited the
bounty Clerk with Miss Jessie Barr, and
iecured the "necessary." Needless to say,
lis secretiveness prevented his friends
rom receiving him in the ranks of the
>enedicts in due and ancient form.
1 It is rumored that Mr. Ross, in the
bourse of his duties, had occasion to
lemonstrate the advantages of the "Iwan-
ju" iron at a certain consumer's resi-
lence. He found that it required con-
dderable explaining, also attention. This
annot be confirmed, but the result is
ignificant.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross have the very best
Irishes of the employees of the Fresno
district. M. L. Neely.
San Jose District
The San Jose gas works is being en-
arged at the present time by the instal-
ation of a 12-foot Jones improved gas
generator set, which, when completed,
will add an additional capacity of 2,000,-
)00 cubic feet per day. The set will
probably be put in commission about the
Brst of'Januarv. The cost of the work
will be between $40,000 and $50,000 when
completed. Superintendent "Bob" Har-
greaves will be very proud of his latest
'baby" when he will be able to christen it.
At a quiet wedding among relatives
and close friends, Mr. Ralph E. Richards,
assistant superintendent of the Gas Dis-
tribution Department, and Miss Gladys
Arthur were married on September 1,
1916. After a honeymoon of ten days in
Yosemite Valley, Mr. and Mrs. Richards
are at home to their friends on North
Tenth Street. "Pacific Service" extends
to them its best wish for a very happy
future. John D. Kuster.
Redwood District
Since the tug-of-war contests in San
Francisco there has been a good deal of
rivalry along this line between the gas
and electric departments in this district.
So Mr. Larson, a tug-of-war enthusiast of
the district, secured the outfit from the
committee in San Francisco and brought
it to San Mateo. Last Saturday, Septem-
ber 29th, on the sidewalk in front of the
San Mateo substation, the first contest was
staged.
There was quite a turn-out of em-
ployees and citizens of San Mateo. After
a pull of fifteen minutes the Electric De-
partments won by seventeen inches. The
line-up was as follows:
Electric — Anchorman "Rough House"
Johnson, "Red" Murray, M. J. Mulgrew,
Chas. McGinley, J. E. Woolley.
Gas — Anchorman Henry Bassler, Una
Braggman, Will Braggman, Olie Budalich,
H. L. Black.
After the contest the Gas Department
gave a dinner to the Electric Department
at Burlingame. Mr. Gus Eriksson, fore-
man in the Gas Department, was the chef.
Mr. Eriksson should remain at the receiv-
ing end of a gas pipe instead of the sup-
ply end, as the meal far surpassed any
lodge dinner or barbecue that we ever
had the pleasure of attending. This was
what is known among "Pacific Service"
men as a dry feed.
During the morning hours good-nights
were said and one of the best times the
boys ever had was at an end.
The building of the 4-k. v. line to La
Honda, one of the many summer resorts
of San Mateo County, was finished on
Wednesday, September 27th. Mr. Liebes,
the furrier of San Francisco, who has a
beautiful home in this region, said it was
like finding a spring in a desert to have
electric lights in that territory. The
building of this line is what is known as
a "camp job," as it was twenty-two miles
from headquarters. We pitched our tents
under the redwoods alongside of a bab-
bling brook. It was like a vacation to the
boys, as they all took on weight. The
only thing to mar their pleasure and their
slumber was the howling of the coyote
and the coons trying to get into the larder
at nights.
Before the job was finished, however,
they all had a fine case of poison oak.
The line was finished before schedule
time and the boys were glad to get back
to home and friends.
Since the authorization of the 4-inch
welded and wrapped gas line from Red-
wood City to Palo Alto, the dirt has been
rapidly removed and replaced. The work
is about half through and will be finished
in about two weeks.
This line passes through the beautiful
country places of Atherton and Menlo
Park and then on its way to Stanford
University and Palo Alto. On this line at
Stanford University there will soon be
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installed ii Th()iii])s()n recording meter for
the registration of the gas supplied Palo
Alto. This line replaces a 2V:>-inch that
is too small lor the present load.
E. W. Florence.
Yolo District
The Yolo District supplied power for
irrigating approximately 3700 acres of
rice this year. Owing to the fact that
electric pumps could he started when
necessary to produce the best results, this
rice has matured about two weeks ahead
of the other rice crops planted in this
section. The cost of irrigating has aver-
aged less than half the cost of ditch water
service.
A new 11-k. V. line of about four miles
in length is being constructed to the rec-
lamation plant of District No. 1600. This
district consists of approximately 6500
acres of river sediment land, and extends
from the Northern Electric tracks near
Elkhorn to the junction of the Sacra-
mento and Feather rivers. It is bounded
on the west by the Yolo By-pass and on
the north and east by the Sacramento
River. The levees which are now being
constructed will be completed before the
rainy season commences.
The i)umping plant will consist of two
pumps, each of which will deliver 2,400,-
000 gallons per hour. These will be di-
rect connected in each case to a 250-h. p.
motor. One of the motors will be con-
nected so that it will operate a smaller
l)ump which will be used when there is
not much water in the ditches.
Mr. C, B. Porter has returned to Davis
for about a month's visit. It will be nec-
essary for him to return to Lane Hospi-
tal for further treatment of the leg which
was injured several months ago.
.1. W, Cooxs.
San Francisco District
Plans have been made and authoriza-
tion obtained to increase our capacity by
1500 h. p. at the Union Iron Works, in
order to handle their growing business.
Mr. J. J. Madden, who has been in our
Service Department for the past three
years, has resigned to accept a position as
chief electrician in the Revenue Service
at New Y'ork (".it v.
It appears that 'Sir. P. E. Chapman plans;
to outdistance all rivals by adding to his
charms a Dodge automobile, and his
many friends are anticipating that wed-
ding presents will soon be in order.
The installation of lamps for the "Path
of Gold" was satisfactorily completed
ahead of schedule by "Pacific Service"
and they were put into operation without
a hitch on the evening of October 4, 1916.
We have been called upon to supply 100
h. p. for the new Lakeside Golf Course,
on the county line near Lake Merced.
These links are to be eciuipped w'ith an
automatic sprinkler system and when fin-
ished it is considered that they will bei
the finest links in the world.
We have recently completed the instal-
lation of Mazda lamps equipped with
band refractors upon Union and Haight
streets, which has improved the illumina-
tion of these streets fully 200 per cent
over the previous installation. Mr. Wal-
ter D'Arcy Ryan, the "Path of Gold" wiz-
ard, is the authority for the statement
that these tw^o streets now have the finest
kind of illumination. This particular type
of lighting unit is being installed in a
number of other locations in the citv.
We have recently installed a 75-h. p.,
480-volt, 2-pliase motor to operate the
pumps of the Murphy windmill, which is
situated in the southwestern corner ofl
Golden Gate Park. This is the most south-
erly one of the two Dutch windmills, and
the installation of this motor places both
of these windmills on "Pacific Service."
Several years ago our lines were con--
nectcd to the northern windmill and have
so satisfactorily supplemented the wind
in the operation of the pump that it was
recently decided that the Murphy wind-
mill should also be provided with elec-
tric power, as the demands for water in
Golden Gate Park are so great.
This last installation will pump 30,000
gallons of water per hour to Metson Lake
and Slow Lake. From these tw'o lakes
the waler is drawn for irrigation of the
Park.
A contract has been entered into with
Baldwin & Howell to install "Pacific Serv-
ice" lines in their model suburban tract,
known as "Westwood Park," which is in
the vicinity of Ingleside Terraces and St.
Francis Wood.
A. R. Thompson.
Pacific Service Magazine ^^
Additions and Betterments Authorized
(Since Last List Published in Magazine)
DISTRICT DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
And Expenditure Authorized
^^n Frnnri'sCn Extend DC Feeder from Shaw Alley and Mission Street to First and Howard streets,
ban J'ranClSCO ^^^ .^^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^ ^ ,,, „,i„3 feeding north and south Ire m that po.nt. ,n order to
$2,285.00 ^^pp,y p^^^^ ^^ £.ji^^^ Storage Battery Company, at 210 First Street for use m charging
batteries.
o 77c 00 Installing 67 series Mazda street lamps, at various locations as per General Resolution No.
"^' ' 13164 of the City and County of San Francisco.
11,350.00 Installation of underground street lighting system in Westwood Park, as per contract with
the Residential Development Company.
J l^rr^^^n Cn Reconstruction of street lighting system -replacing arc lamps with modern incandescents-
Alameda Co. .^^^^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ _ .^ ^^^ ^^^^.^^ f^^^ l^, ,^ 20th streets. Lake Memtt to the Bay. as
$6,166.00 pe, Resolution passed by City of Oakland.
qo^^nO Extend 4 K. V. circuit south on the Jarvis Landing Road approximately 21^ miles from
the Arden-Newark Road to point near Jarvis Landing to supply power to Dumbarton
Land and Improvement Company.
3,498.00 Installation of 52 electroliers on Grove Street between 47th and the Berkeley Line to re-
place 7 arc lamps, 3-250 c. p. and 2-100 c. p. tungsten lamps. As per Resolution
No. ! 3280 of the City of Oakland.
contra l.OSia ^.^^ ^^ ^_^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^.^^^^ j^.^ ^^^^-^^ ^,H ^^pply power to the General
$11,582.00 (.j^^^i^^i Co.; also service to Morton Estate for pumping water and residence lighting.
1,920.00 Making extensions to supply, two separate pumping plants for J. W. Dutton, near
$8,036.00
Collinsville.
Replacing 7
order to ma
the new Sta
that the location of the line be changed
PlnCPr County Replacing 7550 feet of ll-inch steel pipe with 14-inch machine b
If^^nn order to make a complete 14-inch line between Loomis and Rockhn
tided wood pipe in
The pavement of
oraer to maite a tompicic n-iwv,.. ...■■ .
the new Stale Highway will cover the old pipe for a distance of 2000 feet and it is necessary
C ^^..f^ Lay a 4-inch main on York Avenue from 24th Street to 40th Street. Street is to be pe -
baCramentO J^^^^^^ .^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ,^ij „^^ ^^ 3,,, ,ost of repaving. and to provide future supply
$2,568.00 ^^^^^ ^^j ^^^„^^ t„ County Hospital and Elmhurst tying into T Street court.
S«7l Toaauin Constructing approximately 3.5 miles of 1 1 K. V. line to supply electric power to a 200-
:^an JOaqmn ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ .^^ ^^ j^^^^^^,,,^ l^l^^d for Cahforma Delta
^4,4UU.UU p^^^^ Company. Line will be extension of the Bacon Island Line.
<?«n Tn<^ Installation at San Jose Gas Works of two No. 10 Sturtevant Blowers direct connected to
ban Jose ^ ^^^ p ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^bine respectively. Also installation of overhead blast
$5,200.00 p.p.^g j^^.^ ^i„ ^^pi^,^ 2 No. 9 blowers now belated through counter-shafting to steam
engines and an old underground blast line which is badly deteriorated.
GenXontrUCtion purchase of Dipper Dredge and one 25 to 27-H. P. Gas Engine. The Dredge is de-
$7,900.00 signed for cleaning the largest canals without interruption to service.
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Our "Pacific Service' Rifle Club
Hy W. H. MEL, General Manager's Office
VNEW activity lias sprung int
"Sprung" is the proper word
ito life.
r\. "Sprung" is the proper word to use
on this occasion, as the idea once started
met with such immediate response that
the "Pacific Service" Rifle Club found it-
self a good-sized organization almost over
night, and now our membership numbers
nearly one hundred and seventy and all
anxious to start shooting. At a meeting
of the organizers the club was formed,
by-laws prescribed by the National Rifle
Association were adopted, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
W. B. Mel, president; R. E. Fisher, vice-
president; G. M. Thomas, secretary-treas-
urer; C. B. Ohnemuller, executive officer.
Through a recent act of Congress the
promotion of rifle practice is encouraged
by the Government, through its offer to
issue free of charge one hundred and
twenty rounds of ammunition per year
per member and one "Krag" rifle to every
five members of a club formed under the
National Rifle Association. In addition to
this, a new "Krag" will be sold for five
dollars to anj' club member who cares to
purchase one. Through the same source
additional ammunition may be secured at
a low price. Medals similar to the ones
issued in the army are issued to club
members qualifying over the prescribed
courses. Our privileges entitle us to the
use of Government ranges, this making
available the United States ranges on Goat
Island or at the forts in Marin County, or
the State range at Manzanita on the Sau-
salito-Mill Valley line. For indoor shoot-
ing the State armory in San Francisco is
available.
With every difficulty thus smoothed
away and with such liberal inducements
as those offered by the Government, the
formation of the club was made an easy
matter. Our application has been ap-
proved at Sacramento and forwarded to
Washington for approval. Word is ex-
pected before the end of the month and,
after a delay in securing our allotment
of rifles, the club will be ready to con-
duct at Manzanita regular practice and
matches.
As a preliminary, two shoots have al-
ready been held, one a subcaliber shoot
with borrowed Springfield rifles at the
State armory when thirty enthusiasts of
the new club appeared and made the
bull's-eye dodge. Then the club, nothing
daunted, issued a challenge to the newly
formed club of the Railroad Commission
and the meet was held Saturday after-
noon, September 23d, at the Manzanita
range, rifles and ammunition having been
borrowed for the occasion. As a result
of this first match the "Pacific Service"
team came away victorious with the
scores as shown.
Nearly forty of our members — a fine
showing — made a trip to the Manzanita
range and tried (a number of them for
the first time) a Springfield rifle at the
200- and 300-yard ranges. The resulting
scores are as shown following and make
a very creditable showing.
And now for a word in general on the
sport. While rifle shooting is rapidly be-
coming an established and popular sport
in this country, especially in the schools
and colleges which maintain military or-
ganizations, and even among civilians,
though to a lesser degree, we are far be-
hind other countries in the extent to
which the sport has become popularized.
In literature issued by the National Rifle
Association we are told that:
"In Canada, the course of instruction
in marksmanship has become a part of
the curriculum for the public schools.
Australia has over forty thousand school
boys organized into cadet corps who are
furnished arms and ammunition free b.\
the Government and they are instructed
in marksmanship. In New Zealand, tin
Government builds miniature rifle ranges
in all its schools, issues rifles and am-
munition, and furnishes instructors for
the training in marksmanship. In Hun-
gary, one wealthy, patriotic citizen built
a large range and dedicated it to the
youth of Hungary. Over the entrance to
the range appears the words, 'I have built
this range for the Hungarian young men
in order to give them an opportunity to
defend their native soil.'
"In Switzerland, the home of rifle
shooting, that little republic which main-
tains its independence largely to its citi-
zens being skilled with the rifle, there is
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201
a general law providing for the instruc-
tion of school boys in rifle shooting with
the necessary ranges, rifles and ammuni-
tion for this purpose. Their preparatory
instruction provides for the beginning of
their record shooting at the age of six-
teen. Every school boy receives a record
book in which he must keep a record of
all his firing. This book serves as a cer-
tificate of record of the courses attended
and is to be presented at the examination
for entry into a higher school. For every
student that the county rifle association
trains, it receives five francs reimburse-
ment from the Government. In 1908, in
sixteen cantons, equivalent to our county,
19,950 students were turned out as
trained marksmen. In Greece, there is a
law making rifle practice obligatory on
all students of universities and certain
classes of preparatory schools. The pub-
lic schools of Athens receive annually
from the Government an appropriation
for the carrying on of rifle instruction.
Austria maintains a course of instruction
in rifle firing for secondary schools. The
course begins in October and lasts until
the end of May."
With the active support already given
the club and the keen interest which is
being shown there should be no difiiculty
in developing a first-rate team, or even
several first-rate teams, for competition
against outside clubs and there are un-
limited possibilities for friendly matches
within our own organization.
RIFLE MATCH
Railroad Commission
vs.
Pacific Service Rifle Club
September 23, 1916
State Rifle Range, Manzanita,
Marin County, Cal.
Railroad Commission
Name 200 300 Total
C. Grunsky 40 43 83
L. Loyd 39 41 80
R. Ashworth 33 41 74
W. M. McKay 29 35 64
R.Rowland 30 27 57
R. W. Ernes 27 27 54
E. G. White 27 27 54
Chas. Bi-ck 24 25 49
Totals 249 266 515
Average 31.1 33.3 64.4
Pacific Service
Name 200 300 Total
W.B.Mel 39 44 83
R.Monroe 40 41 81
I.C.Steele 35 42 77
G. A. Barker 36 38 74
H. J. Laddish 38 36 74
A. J. Twogood 36 36 72
R. D. Spandau 39 25 64
W'. Dreyer 32 21 53
Totals 295 283 578
Average 36.9 35.4 72.3
RECORD OF SCORES
Made By Members of Pacific Service
Rifle Club
Manzanita Range, Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
Shoot consisting of 10 shots kneeling position
at 200 yards, and 10 shots prone position at 300
yards. Possible score of 50 at each range.
Range
200 Yards 300 Yards Total
W.B.Mel 39 44 83
R. H. Castleberry . . . 41 41 82
Geo. H. Hagar 38 43 81
R. A. Monroe 40 41 81
C. B. Ohnemuller. . . 40 41 81
I.C.Steele 35 42 77
H. J. Laddish 38 36 74
G. A. Barker 36 37 73
A. J. Twogood 36 36 72
S. P. Lavezo 35 32 67
R. D. Spandau 39 .25 64
F. J. Bates 33 28 61
J.A.Parker 27 33 60
M. Joy 33 27 60
C. E. Hood 36 24 60
A. D. Macintyre. .34 25 59
M. B. Mensing 30 28 58
E. Berger 35 23 58
E. M. Vallejo 31 26 57
J. B. Shaska 29 25 54
W. Dreyer 32 21 53
A.R.Thompson. .. 29 23 52
W. T. Martin 24 24 48
R. P. Lutzi 31 16 47
C. B. Merrick 40
M. F. Campbell . . 37
D.Talbot 30
H. C. Dunton 29
F. Ensinger 25
E. C. Austin 24
W. M. Sachaw 21
A. Stohler 14
Geo. Garthorne 11
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Pacific Service Magazine
Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.E.LA.
' '^^^^^ Chronicled BY E. B. PRICE ' ^^^
The I'diicntinnal meeting of Wednes-
day, September 2()tii, proved to be one of
unusual interest and about two luindred
and fifty members and tlieir guests were
in attendance.
'JMirougli the efforts of tlie chairman,
Mr. Henry Hostwiri<, tlie gold medal paper
of the recent Pacific Coast Gas Associa-
tion convention, prepared by Mr. S. C.
Bratton and Mr. G. D. Mantle "of the Port-
land (ias and Coke (>ompany, was read
by Mr. Bratton before the section. The
subject of the paper was "Up-to-the-Min-
ute Selling Methods," and it dealt with the
contributing factors in successful sales-
manshi|) and the relation of the eflicient
salesman to the gas industry. While deal-
ing with the sale of gas, the paper was
of vital interest to the electric man, as
the principles advocated are universal in
their application.
"The most remarkable development in
the history of the gas industry during the
past decade," said Mr. Bratton in his
opening remarks, "has been, not in manu-
facturing methods but in the attitude of
individual comi)anies toward their con-
sumers. Ten years ago the adoption of
'At your service' as a motto by the aver-
age gas company would have been little
more than a poorly appreciated jest; to-
day nearly every undertaking on the con-
tinent of North Amercia has such a motto
and endeavors to live up to it."
The methods of marketing the i)ro(luct
were treated under the following heads:
Clearing the soil; fertilizing the soil; sow-
ing the seed; reaping the harvest; the
ciiaracleristics of a good solicitor, with
special reference to personal appearance,
address, belief, knowledge and enthusi-
asm in bis work.
In conclusion Mr. Bratton stated that
sales work was not confined to the sales
department; that every man in the com-
pany from president to oflice boy should
have but one object- to sell gas. If every
efl'ort were organized and all worked to
the same end, success would be easy, fail-
ure diflicult.
A very profitable discussion of the
paper followed, i)aitici|)ale(l in hv Mr.
Geo. C. Holberton, manager of the San
Francisco District; Mr. Behan of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Co., Mr. Alvord of the General Electric
Co.; Mr. Harris, sales manager of the Pa-
cific States Electric Co., and Messrs. New-
bert, Walton, Gray, Baldwin, Caldwell,
Jordan, Fisher and Galbraith of "Pacific
Service."
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
Mr. S. G. Bratton at the conclusion of the
meeting.
Dr. David P. Barrows, dean of the fac-
ulty of the University of California,
spoke before an audience of three hun-
dred members and friends on Special
Ladies' Night, Tuesday, October 10th, at
Elk's Hall in San Francisco. Prior to
Dr. Barrows' address, Chairman Bostwick
presented Mr. H. H. Bliss, who described
the work of the University Extension Di-
vision. Mr. Bliss then presented Dr. David
P. Barrows, who chose as his subject "Re-
cent Impressions in Belgium and Eng-
land." The speaker described the splen-
did work being done by the American
Commission for Relief in Belgium, and
paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Herbert C.
Hoover, head of the Commission, a Cali-
fornian himself and a graduate of Stan-
ford University. He spoke of the difficul-
ties encountered in provisioning a nation
which in times of peace imported sixty
I)er cent of its food.
The relief work in the north of France
was also described. Ten million peojjle,
said Dr. Barrows, were being fed in Bel-
gium, and two and one-half million in
France. Some idea of the magnitude of
the work can be gained from figures show-
ing that a working fund of !?25,000,00(l
must be kept on hand in order to keep
ships moving and supplies distributed.
Dr. Barrows thought that too much credit
could not be accorded Mr. Hoover for his
ability as an organizer and for his faculty
of gaining the confidence of all sides in
the great European conflict.
A rising vote of thanks was accorded
Dr. liarrows at the conclusion of a most
instructive address.
Pacific Service Magazine
XI
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
F. B. Anderson
Henry E. Bothin
John A. Britton
W. H. Crocker
F. G. Drib*
DIRECTORS
John S. Drum
F. T. Elsey
D. H. FooTE
a. f. hockenbeamer
•Norman B. Livermore
John D. McKee
John A. McCandless
C. O. G. Miller
Charles T. Rodolph
George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. HocKENBEAMER Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. FooTE Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. C. Love Assistant Treasurer
Chas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Cantrell Property Agent
J. P. Coghlan Manager Claims Department
C. P. CuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. C. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT
Alameda County
Chico
Colgate . . . .
Colusa
Contra Costa
De Sabla ....
Drum
Electra . . . .
Fresno
Marysville . . .
Marin
Napa
Nevada
Petaluma . . . .
Placer
Redwood ....
Sacramento . . .
San Francisco
San Joaquin . .
San Jose ....
Santa Rosa . . .
Solano
Stanislaus . . .
Vallejo ....
Yolo
DISTRICT MANAGERS
HEADQUARTERS
MANAGER
Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa L. H. Hartsock
Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla I. B. Adams
Colfax James Martin
Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno M. L. Neely
Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
San Rafael W. H. Foster
Napa . CD. Clark
Nevada City John Werry
Petaluma H. Weber
East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco Geo. C. Holberton
Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose J. D. Kuster
Santa Rosa M. G. Hall
Dixon C. E. Sedgwick
Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Woodland J. W. Coons
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
"PACIFIC SERVICE"
TO OVER 400.000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75,000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
I
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75.000
Railway
Place Population
•Alameda 28,000
•Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
«- 'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
«Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
»- 'Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
•Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
«Ben Lomond . . 800
•Berkeley 55,000
«Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
•Burlingame. . . 3,000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15,000
'Colfax 850
•Colma 1,800
•Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
•- "Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
•Daly City. .. . 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1.100
'Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
•- 'Dutch Flat ... 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano ... 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
» — Gas and Electricity.
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place
•Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks ....
'Felton
Folsom
•Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
•Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
•Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough..
•HoUister
•- 'lone
Irvington
«- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
•Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
•Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore ....
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
Population
3.000
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1.000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1.050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
Population Place
•Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
•Novato.
700
2,500
210
6.500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
•Oakland 215,000
Oakley .
•Occidental ....
Pacheco
■"Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton
Port Costa. . . .
'Redwood City.
- •Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
•Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1.500
1,000
3.000
16,000
1.000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560.000
'San Jose 45,000
•San Juan.
'San Leandro .
San Lorenzo .
•San Martin. .
•San Mateo. . .
•San Pablo . . .
'San Quentin.
'San Rafael. . .
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2,500
6,000
•Santa Clara.
•Santa Cruz . . .
•Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito ....
•Sebastopol ....
•Shellville
Sheridan
Smartsvilli; . . .
•Soquel
•Sonoma
•South San
Francisco . . .
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
•Stege .
Population
6,000
13,600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2.600
600
•Stockton .' '.'.'.'. 35,000
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. .
Sutter City .
•Sutter Creek
Tiburon. . . .
•Tres Pinos. .
•Vaca ville
800
340
1.200
250
1,300
350
300
1.250
Vallejo ..'.!!] ! 12,'500
•Vineburg ....
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•Watson ville. . .
Wheatland. . . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335.383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,716.894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas. Elect, and St. Railways.
' — Electricity and Water.
-Electricity supplied through other companies.
-Gas supplied through other companies.
-Water supplied through other companies.
"PACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
Gas Meter Readings During 1915
IKTEARLY THREE MILLION Gas Meter readings were made
J_yl on the Company's system during 1915. Less than 2000
incorrect readings were made, or one error every 1333
readings. And these errors automatically correct themselves
when the meter is read on the next month's trip.
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
Managed by Californians Operated by Californians
"PACIFIC SERVICE" REPRESENTS
4,800 employees in all departments.
$125,000,000 capital invested in gas, electricity, railroads and water plants.
37,775 square miles of territory in which it operates.
7,000 stockholders.
30 counties of the State in which it transacts business.
406,915 consumers served with gas, electricity, water and steam.
1,716,894 people served in 30 counties.
176 cities and towns in which it transacts business.
$5,179,400 annual wages paid employees in 1915.
$11,775,000 expended in 1915 in California for labor and material.
$810,822 taxes paid to the State of California in 1915.
122,400 horsepower developed in 10 electric water-power plants.
109,517 horsepower developed in 4 electric steam plants.
231,917 total horsepower developed in 14 plants.
8,325,000,000 cubic feet of gas sold in 1915.
17 gas plants.
22,260 miles of wire used in distributing electricity.
2,725 miles of mains used in distributing gas.
746 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing water.
700 miles of track of street railways operated and supplied with power.
40,657,000,000 gallons of water stored in 62 lakes.
This amount of water would supply the City of San Francisco for
800 days.
44,000 acres of land owned in California.
2,661,750 barrels of California oil used in 1915.
62,596 liorsepower in agricultural motors depending on "Pacific Service."
132,624 horsepower in industrial motors depending on "Pacific Service."
133,042 horsepower in otiicr motors depending on "Pacific Service."
35,533 street lamps, gas and electric, lighted by "Pacific Service."
3,608,351 incandescent lamps nightly lighted.
576,276 horsepower connected to system.
This represents the equivalent of 2,700,000 men.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Head Office: 445 Sutter Street
SAN FRANCISCO
Branches in all principal cities and towns of thirty counties
in North-Central California
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Contents for November, 1916.
Some of the "Pacific Service" Substations in
San Francisco Frontispiece
THE DEVELOPMENT OF "PACIFIC SERVICE"
ARCHITECTURE AS EXEMPLIFIED IN ITS
MODERN POWERHOUSES AND SUBSTA-
TIONS I.C.Frickstad
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EDITORIAL
205
216
217
220
Van E. Britton 226
228
229
230
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 232
Index to Advertisers
Allis-Ghalmers Mfg. Co ii
Associated Oil Co vi
Kaldwin & Howell 3rd page cover
Chaplin-Fiilton Mfg. Co v
Day. Thomas Go ix
General Electric Go i
General Gas Light Go ii
Goodyear Rubber Go ix
Jackson, Hopkins Go iv
National City Company 4th page cover
I'acKic Meter Go vl
I'aciDc Telephone & Telegraph Co. Ist page cover
Pelton SVater Wheel Co v
Pierson, Roeding & Co iii
Roebling, John A., Sons Go vii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc v
Sprague Meter Go v
Standard Underground Gable Go vi
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co iv
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank. . 1st page cover
Welsbach Company vii
Western Engineering Publishing Co ix
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California iv
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co vii'
White, J. G., Enginnering Corporation v
Wood, R. D.. & Co ii
Some of the "Pacific Service" substations in San Francisco. Reading from the top downward,
left to riRlit, these views show: di Station "K," Twenty-fourth Avenue and Balboa Street;
(2) Station "C," Jessie Street, near Third; (3) Station "J," Commercial Street, near
Montgomery; (4) Station "G," Ellis and Broderick streets; (5) Station "D,"
Bush Street, near Larkin; (6) Station "S," Meacham Place.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VIII
NOVEMBER 1916
No. 6
The Development of 'Pacific Service
Architecture as Exemplified in
Its Modern Power Houses
and Substations
?9
By IVAN G. FRIGKSTAD, Engineering Department.
IT IS a matter of general knowledge
that the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
panj^ is the largest of its kind in the West
and one of the three or four largest in
the United States; a pioneer in hydro-
electric power development, long-distance
high-tension transmission lines, high-pres-
sure gas mains and other activities bear-
ing directh^ as well as indirectly on the
actual prosperity and comfort of the peo-
ple of California. A corporation managed
and operated by Californians, rendering
"Pacific Service" to the people of north-
Central California. That being so, it is,
surely, fitting and proper that the build-
ings comprising such a system, made up
as it is of a number of plants which are
dependent upon one another for the per-
fect fulfillment of their specific mechan-
ical functions, should be made to express
this relationship by carrying throughout
the system a consistent architectural
theme which fulfills all mechanical re-
quirements while establishing a distinc-
tive character which has come to be iden-
tified with "Pacific Service."
This has been gradually brought about
in the buildings constructed by this com-
pany during the last four or five years,
and the illustrations shown here bear tes-
timony to the progress made in the con-
struction of the most modern of public
service buildings.
There was a time when but little atten-
tion was paid to the appearance of build-
ings which housed such mechanical in-
stallations as were necessary to produce
and distribute electric energy. But when
the pioneering days had passed and a
number of electric-generating plants and
distributing systems operating throughout
Central California had been amalgamated
into one large system known to the world
as "Pacific Service," it was but consistent
with the up-to-date policy of the enter-
prise that its physical features should be
made pleasing to the eye as well as ca-
pable of inspiring confidence in the com-
pany's strength and the ability to deliver
perfect service in the fullest sense; un-
interrupted service being absoluteU' nec-
essary to the many important industries
dependent upon "Pacific Service" for
power, to say nothing of the comfort of
its patrons, generally.
In this article the descriptions, for the
most part, are of buildings connected
with the electrical department of "Pacific
Service," although there are a great many
more of equally interesting character
which have to do with other activities of
the company, such as the gas department,
street railroad system in Sacramento,
Stockton Water District, garages, ware-
houses, and office buildings of the various
districts, including the company's head-
quarters in San Francisco.
The electrical substations have devel-
oped along two general types, a "city"
type used in the large city centers and an
"out of town" type used for substations
located outside and in the smaller cities
and towns, and in time all buildings of
all departments will be designed in one
type or the other according to use and
location, each department having its own
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Samples of interiors, "City Type" substations. Reading from
the top down, these are: Station "K," Station "J,"
Station "G," Station "C."
distinctive variation in arcliitectural
treatment as suggested by the pur-
pose of the building and its envi-
ronment.
The "city" type has developed as
a windowless building, as it has
been found that a windowless build-
ing gives the maximum economy in
arrangement, that it provides un-
broken wall surfaces which are
needed for attaching various parts
of the installation, and makes pos-
sible insulation against the noise of
the station machinery disturbing the
neighborhood in which it may be
located. As all the power
leads are brought in under-
ground, windows are not
required for this purpose;
nor are they needed for
light and ventilation, since
the interior is flooded with
light to best advantage from
skylights in the ceilings,
and ventilation is best ac-
complished through air
ducts with openings in the
floor and louvres in the
roof. This has given the
designer an opportunity to
treat wall surfaces with but
one opening to consider.
This is the main entrance
and is treated as such by
the concentration of orna-
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207
ment at this point. The individuality of
each station is expressed architecturally
in the detail of its composition and orna-
ments, also in such other features of its
environment as may be peculiar to it.
Station "G," located on the northwest
corner of Ellis and Broderick streets, San
Francisco, was the first of this type to
be constructed. It is finished in white
cement. The large door with cartouche
centering over it was the center of the
original building, which was of two-panel
design, and provided floor space for two
sets of 1000-k. w. motor-generating sets,
transformers and switching equipment.
A gallerj^ was constructed on which were
built concrete switch cells which con-
tained the 11-000-volt bus, oil switches
and current transformers. The switch-
board was located on the main floor along
the line of the front of the balcony. A
third panel was added to the building at
a later date to provide for an additional
motor-generating set, transformer, switch-
ing equipment, etc. Willis Polk
& Co. were the architects of the
building.
Station "D," located on Bush
Street near Larkin, and extend-
ing through to Fern Avenue, in
San Francisco, presented some
unusual architectural problems,
as Fern Avenue is twelve feet
lower than Bush Street and the
head room of the portion of the
building used 'for storage batter-
ies was low in comparison with
that re(juired in the main portion
of the suljstation. The problems
were solved by making the roof
of the battery room a formal gar-
den to the substation with foun
tain and pools. Through the
fountain runs the water from the
transformers of the station, which
is thus cooled and used again.
The bottoms of the pools are con-
structed of sidewalk lights which
give plenty of light in the bat-
tery room. This was also de-
signed by Willis Polk & Co.
Station "J" is located in the business
district of San Francisco, on Commercial
Street east of Montgomery. Here the en-
tire available ground space is covered by
the building in order to obtain sufficient
room for the installation of the necessary
equipment in motor-generating sets. It
was also found necessary to build to con-
siderable height. The main room, where
are located the generating units, is open
to the roof a height of forty-eight feet,
giving sufficient overhead clearance for a
traveling crane installation. At the end
are two balcony floors on which are lo-
cated the switchboards and switch cells.
The main floor, also the wainscoting to
the level of the first balcony, is tiled; the
walls above are panelled and finished in
an imitation of Caen stone, with the ceil-
ing finished smooth and colored to match.
The side walls are hollow and serve as
an air duct through which a fan located
in the space over the second balcony dis-
charges fresh air. A large skylight with
Cable terminal house, foot of Lyon Street, San Francisco.
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side vents floods the building with ligiit
and completes the ventilating system. Or-
namental iron stairways, bronzed, con-
nect the main floor with the sidewalk and
balconies and add the finishing touch to
the interior. The architect was
Mr. Frederick H. Meyer of Sa
Francisco.
Station "S," while not be-
longing to the electrical sys-
tem, does belong to the same
"city" type. It is a steam-
generating station equipped
with three Bab-
cock & Wilcox
boilers, each be-
ing provided
with a super-
heater. The boil-
ers have a combined rated capacity of
15U0 h. p. and are built to carry a pres-
sure of 160 pounds per square inch. In
addition the station is e(iuipped with feed
water-heater, pumps and such other ap-
paratus and equipment necessary to a
model steam plant. The floor and wain-
scoting of the interior are laid in tile,
with the walls above finished in plain
and ornamental plaster in a light color,
furnishing an excellent setting for the
well-arranged apparatus, neatly finished
in white enamel brick, black iron and
white asbestos-covered pipes; the whole
presenting the appearance of cleanliness
and efliciency. From this station steam
at high pressure and approximately 410
degrees Fahrenheit flows into an under-
ground system of pipes, supplying apart-
ment houses, hotels, theatres and facto-
ries, where it is used for iiealing, cooking,
and various other purposes. The archi-
tect of the building was Mr. Frederick H.
Meyer.
Station "K," the latest of the electrical
substations to be built in San Francisco,
was both designed and built by the engi-
neering department of "Pacific Service,"
under the direction of Mr. 11. C Vensano,
civil and hydraulic engineer. The archi-
tectural problems were handled by the
writer. The station is located on the
(Uirtouche over entrance, cable terminal house,
San Francisco.
northwest corner of Twenty-fourth Av-
enue and Balboa Street, in the Richmond ]
District, and is planned to house six
motor-generating sets, together with trans-
formers, arc transformers and switching
eciuipment. Balconies have been
built on each side of the main
room on which are located
tlie concrete switch cells, one
side containing the 11,000-
volt bus and the other side
the 2300-volt oil switches. A
20-ton traveling crane spans
the main room.
Only one-third
of the building,
or forty-eight
feet of its length,
has been con-
structed. The ultimate building will be
seventy-two feet wide by one hundred
and ten feet long, with another entrance
on the Twenty-fourth Avenue side.
In addition to the individuality of the
station being expressed in the detail of
the composition and ornaments, a further
distinction has been obtained in texture
and color. Owing to the large flat wall
surfaces without openings, uniformity in
color and texture would have proved flat
and uninteresting. This was avoided by
finishing the corner rustications and the
moulded members in a troweled sand fin-
ish and roughening the flat surfaces by
sand dashing. The color was obtained
by careful selection of the materials used
and is a light buff or a deep lime-stone
color. A difference in tone effect is ob-
tained by the use of the smooth and
rough texture, and the whole has been
given a setting of smooth, well-kept lawn
with groups of shrubbery placed to ad-
vantage. In the garden on the west side
has been located the water-cooling tower,
which had previously been located on the
roof, placed over a pool in the center
of the garden and enclosed with lattice
which will eventually be covered with
vines, thus utilizing this necessary fea-
ture of the mechanical installation to add
heautv to the environment of the station.
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209
The exterior of the building is illumi-
nated from the cement posts near the
curb, on top of each of which a 500-watt
nitrogen lamp is enclosed by a cement
hood, so adjusted that the light is thrown
directly on the building and reflected into
the street. The source of the illumina-
tion being concealed, makes this station,
which is on a hill, the most conspicuous
building in the vicinity. Particular at-
tention is called to this indirect exterior
illumination which is not onlj^ a novel
feature in electrical station design, but
one that has large possibilities. The in-
terior is illuminated by indirect lighting
fixtures placed near the ceiling and fin-
ished to match the ceiling. Each fixture
contains a 750-watt nitrogen lamp with
an X-ray reflector. A complete gas-illu-
minating system has also been installed
as a direct lighting system. These fix-
tures are placed on the columns.
The terminal house, by which title is
known the company's substation at the
San Francisco end of the recently con-
structed cable system across the Golden
Gate, was also designed by the writer. It
is located on North Beach, at the foot of
Lyon Street, in the exposition grounds
near the Presidio line, and is a miniature
of our modern city substations, with rus-
ticated corners, panelled wall spaces, and
cornice, finished in a light buff plaster.
Over the entrance is placed a cartouche
symbolizing the interconnecting of the
hydro-electric and steam-generating sys-
tems. The dolphins in the center sym-
bolize water, the symbol of water power
on the left being connected to the symbol
of steam power on the right by the under-
water cables.
Station "C," the central substation of
the San Francisco District, is located on
Minna Street between Third and Fourth
streets, and in a blind alley. Because of
its peculiar location few people are aware
of its existence or have an opportunity of
viewing this very fine piece of work in
'I'he company's steam electric-generating station on the river bank at Sacramento.
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Stockton water system, owned and operated by "Pacifle Service." Pumping plant No. 1.
red brick and cream-colored terra cotta.
Station "C" was the first of the company's
substations in San Francisco to be de-
signed and built with a view to its ex-
terior appearance. While it does not
conform to the "city" type, as it was built
before that type was developed, it is
shown here because it is one of the finest
appearing substations to be found any-
where, and is also the largest at the pres-
ent time, of the city substations. The
central portion, as marked by the large
central opening, is the substation proper,
while the west end is used as a storage
battery room and the east end for the
company's garage. The detail of the terra
cotta is exceedingly fine, the ornament
over the small entrance well modeled,
and at one time (before the fire of 1906)
there was a like group over the main en-
trance, but this, unfortunately, was de-
stroyed. The soft cream color of the
matt-glazed terra cotta in combination
with the slightly rough face of the dull
red stock brick, and the granite base with
rustications in the brick work above cre-
ate the impression of a substantial, solid
structure of refined lines and finish. The
station was designed by D. H. Burnham
& Co., from their San Francisco office.
The river station shown here is the
company's steam-turbine electric-generat-
ing plant at Sacramento. The low por-
tion of the building houses three batteries
of Stirling boilers, as indicated by the
smokestacks. A fourth battery will be
installed when needed. The generating
room is marked by the main entrance
facing the river, and is designed for a
two-unit turbo-generator with auxiliary
machinery installation of a total capacity
of 12,500 kilowatts. Additional height
was given to this portion of the building
to give overhead clearance for the instal-
lation of a 40-ton traveling crane and the
dividing of the bay running parallel with
the generating room into three stories for
the electrical equipment. The building
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211
engineers. The archi-
tect was Mr. Frederick
H. Meyer.
An adaptation of the
Spanish Renaissance
style of architecture
was developed for the
"out of town" type be-
cause of its adaptabil-
ity to the many exact-
The company's
was designed in the
"city" type by Willis
Polk & Co. Its location
on the shore of the Sac-
ramento River, a short
distance north from the
city and surrounded by
green fields, backed up
by woods, with the
river in the foreground,
gives it a very pleasing
setting.
The Stockton pumping plant illustrated
here shows the application of our "city"
type in the design of buildings belonging
to another branch of the company's ac-
tivities. A complete description of this
was given in our June issue. The purpose
of the station is nicely expressed in its
detail, particularly by the panels below
the rustications and the mermaids in the
cartouche over the north-end entrance,
also by the large cement fountain across
the road from this entrance. The grounds
about the station have been planted to
lawn, with groups of shrubbery, and the
building is set off at night-time by the
use of the flood lighting system of ex-
terior illumination as described under
Station "K" with such modifications as
local conditions required. The lighting
problems and all mechanical problems
were handled by the company's staff of
main high-tension distributing station at Cordelia,
in the foothills opposite Suisun.
ing conditions and requirements of each
station. The early traditions of the State
had much to do with the selection of this
style; especially so since the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company have been pio-
neers in their field, and their efforts have
had largely to do with the uniform and
staple development of the State as a
whole.
Somewhat the same conditions exist in
these substations as in the city substa-
tions, except that the power leads come
and go through windows which are nec-
essarily placed with a certain overhead
clearance and thereby give large, flat,
unbroken surfaces beneath them. This
agrees well with the fundamental prin-
ciple of Spanish Renaissance, i. e., the
universal concentration of ornament at a
few salient points.
Cordelia substation is the central dis-
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Irihulin^ station of the system, with
ll(l,()()()-voll power lends direet from the
hvdro-electric plants in the mountains en-
tei'ing through large windows in the front
or entrance side. The power is here
transformed and fed into the company's
GO,()()0-voll lines which leave through
smaller win(h)ws in tlie rear and radiate
in all dii'eclions to smaller substations lo-
cated with reference to various distribu-
tion centers. Two high voltage lines will
enter tiiis station when it is eventually
comi)leted (one wing being as yet uncon-
structed), one on each side of the central
feature in which is located the switch-
board which controls the entire station.
The building stands on the side of a
hill, witii hills rising at either side and a
higher range in the background. On the
slope in front, a number of oak trees
grow a little below and to either side of
the entrance. A pond for cooling the
transformer water and the pump-house
i HI nun in
i HI mm III
^'
with its tiled roof and bull-
colored walls, a necessary ad-
junct to the i)lant, are also
adjacent.
Power houses Nos. 4 and 5
of the projected extension of
the .Soutii Yuba-Bear Hiver
development, now known as
"Ilalsey" and "Wise," re-
spectively, at the present
writing in course of construction, are
practically twins and are hydro-electric
generating stations. As such they are
especially related and in a general way
are made therefore to conform in archi-
tectural treatment to Cordelia's entrance
side by means of the large square win-
dow course, from which point the 110,000-
volt power leads will leave each building.
The two stations will be distinguished
from one another by the treatment of
the entrance and retaining walls. These
plants are ideally situated on the bank of
artificial lakes located in the foothills of
the Sierras which are covered with coni-
fers interspersed with oaks and other
trees and shrubs of varying shades of
green,
Woodland and San Mateo substations
are distributing centers, and so are re-
lated and treated the same as the dis-
tributing side of Cordelia. Woodland has
the small scjuare window^ course under
the cornice surrounding the
building through which the
jjower leads come and go.
'l"he same plain wall treat-
ment prevails and the same
kind of tile covers the cor-
nice. The general treatment
of the cornice and the roof
lighting scheme constitute
Woodland's individual it v.
Drum pdwciiioiisf on the Hear Hiver, nine miles below
Luke Spaiildins. lieiiiR No. 1 of the South Yuba-
Hear lUver development.
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213
miles distance to Cordelia
and at this point trans-
formed to 60,000 volts and
thence transmitted by
steel tower line over hills
and marsh to Sausalito,
where it is transformed
to 11,000 volts and trans-
mitted by cable under the
waters of the bay to San
Francisco. This function
The ornamental iron work
around the coping is sim-
ilar to that used over the
entrance at Cordelia. The
lights on each post are in
keeping with the purpose
of the building and have
made this station a land-
mark at night-time for
miles around.
Since the power leads to
the San Mateo substation
are brought in under-
ground the window scheme employed at
Cordelia and Woodland was not required.
The cornice and parapet wall treatment
is similar. The plain wall surfaces are
pierced witii openings, giving this station
its individuality.
Marin substation is situated at Sausa-
lito, on the saddle of a ridge which pro-
jects out toward the bay at right angles
from a larger range of hills overlooking
Halscy ami \\isc pow itIiouscs, hoiiig Nos. I and .'>, respectively,
of the South Yuba-Bear River development.
of utility, as well as its location in the
system relates it architecturally to Cor-
delia substation, the central distributing
station of the system and the one from
which all other stations related to it in
any way have received their motive of
design.
Marin substation has been given the
same bulT-colored, rough-texture flat wall
in combination with red tile-covered
San. Francisco Bay, and so has a com- cornice projection treatment, while the
manding outlook and setting. Its loca- large high window course has been con-
tion and relationship to the system de-
termined its architectural treatment, the
l)roblem being ratlier a dillicult one.
The function of this station is to trans-
form the electric energy which is genera-
fined to the north side, at wiiich point
the overhead wires enter the building.
The south side facing San Francisco has
been left plain, bushings being employed
in the wall for the wires to pass through
ted by water power at Drum, the electric on leaving the station. Since the length
energy being transmitted over a steel of the building runs parallel with the
tower line at 110,000 volts a hundred saddle of the ridge the end walls are
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buttressed and finished with a pediment
treatment which gives it a permanent and
suhstantial appearance and marks this
station's individuality.
The macliinery entrance to the build-
ing is toward the west or up-hill side. In
the east end was placed an architectural
feature in the form of a window which
floods the building with light. In the
gable the wall was pierced with a shaped
window opening, which helps to relieve
the monotony of the large blank wall sur-
face. The slope of the cornice and pedi-
ment is covered with red Spanish terra
cotta tile, their scalloped edges showing
plainly over the crown member and caus-
ing a more interesting shadow to be
thrown on the plain wall surface. Since
the slope of the ridge is covered with
shrub oaks, laurel, eucalyptus and shrubs
of varying tones and shades of green, and
with the higher range as a background,
the appearance from a distance is at once
striking and harmonious. Advantage has
been taken of this station's position on
the hill overlooking the bay to flood-light
it. causing it to stand out from the black-
electricity. This in itself is a gigantic
undertaking, where it is done on such a
scale as to be of real economic value. It
is accomplished either by placing the
streams of the high mountain watersheds
under control or else by transforming
water by the medium of heat to steam
pressure and then to electric energy. Both
methods are used in building up this most
perfect transmission system which must
deliver constant, uninterrupted service.
The newest of the fourteen powerhouses
developing electric energy by hydraulic
process is shown by way of example.
The location of Drum powerhouse amid
the simple grandeur of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains seemed to demand a building
of plain finish and simple lines, and in
its architectural treatment it was made to
express as naturalh' as possible its pur-
pose in the "Pacific Service" scheme of
things.
The generating room is forty-four feet
wide and the length of the building two
hundred and eight feet on the river side,
and provides space for four 12,500-k. w.
units, two of which are now in service.
This room has a ceiling
height of fifty-one feet,
allowing for the installa-
tion of two 50-ton travel-
ing cranes, with which
to handle the heavy ma-
chinery. The up-hill
side is thirty-four feet
.UtMJCT'.iXSi.^r^U^Ay
ness of tiie night and be-
come as "a beacon on the
hill."
To obtain the electric
energy that is trans
formed and distributed
from these various sub-
stations to the consumer
it is necessary to trans-
form water pressure into
J
Samples of ont-iil'-tow n sul)
station at WoodhiiKl; llit- li
1 lie upper is of the
till- San Mateo station.
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troweled or smooth sur-
face to all projections,
and is in contrast with
the plain wall surface
which was given a
rougher texture by a
stippling process. The
base of the building be-
low the water table was
faced with native rock.
As the roof is the first
glimpse one has through
the pine trees on de-
scending on the tram
from the heights above,
a special treatment of
crushed red brick and
tile was used as a cover-
ing in place of the usual
gravel, and since there
are none of the usual
unsightly projections on
the roof it presents in
appearance an even un-
broken, deep red mat
through the various
shades and tones of
green.
wide by three
stories in height.
The current is led
from the generat-
ors through low-
tension switches
and transformers
and stepped up
from 6600 volts to
115,000 volts; pass-
ing out of the
building througli
especially con-
structed windows.
The finish of
the building is of
white cement, col-
ored a light buff
and applied in a
Views of M;irin Mil)slali(>ii, near Sausaliln, Marin (!'umt\. wli-rr
electric energy (raiisniittccl Ircmi Cordelia tlinmj^h San Uafacl
stepped down to 11,000 volts for truiisniission by submarine
eahle across the Golden Gate into San Francisco.
the
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These buildings of recent construction bufT and rougliencd slightly by the stip-
are all built of reinforced concrete and pling process. The mouldings are smooth-
plastered. The i)lain surfaces are fin- linished, and the whole is crowned with
ished in white cement, colored a light varying tones of red Spanish tile.
p the
anCasCie
Look Out for Our Annual Jinks!
Preparations are under way for the beginning at 8 o'clock, in the theatre
Third Annual Jinks of the "Pacific Serv- proper of the Native Sons' Building, 430
ice" Employees Association, to be given Mason Street, San Francisco. All em-
on the night of Thursday, December 14th, ployees and their ladies are invited to
be present. The
.links will be di-
vided into four
parts — a min-
strel show with
thirty-six partic-
ipants, eight
vaudeville num-
bers, and a two-
act skit with a
cast of thirty,
the whole to be
followed by a
dance. Music
will be furnished
i>y our own "Pa-
cific Service" or-
chestra of fifteen
pieces.
Marl Fisher is
in charge of ar-
rangements, and
he declares it is
his intention to
surpass the show
of last year, both
in variety and
lumiber of orig-
inal stunts.
It is estimated
that at least fif-
teen hundred
people will at-
tend and stand-
ing room will be
at a premium. So
come early and
get a front seat.
<i a^ and
Eleelne Gbmpa^
in ihe
450J^aso/7St.
DEC (4
•7) Ho invitations/ just
V-i/ Come 2ind brin"
•7) pio invitations^ just
V-i/ Come 2ind brin"
your/fiends.i
(2Jlinsliel Show _ J)aii
VaudGville 6oM&i
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217
Electrical Operation of Hydraulic
Suction Dredgers
Hy J. B. SHIPLEY, Drafting Department
ALTHOUGH not an entirely new field
for electrical engineering, there are
so few motor-operated hydraulic suction
dredgers in existence that mention of the
20-inch dredge owned by the city of
Oakland and named
"City of Oakland,"
and operating in the
Oakland Estuary,
may be of interest.
The principle of
hydraulic dredging
is a process whereby
solid material, heav-
ier than water, is
transported through General view of dr
pipes by virtue of the velocity of a cur-
rent of water.
The electrical equipment of the hy-
draulic suction dredge provides for the
operation of the cutter, the spuds, the
centrifugal suction pump and several
auxiliaries. The cutter machinery is
driven by a 150-h. p., 2200-volt, 600 and
575 r. p. m. variable speed motor. The
motor is located in the hold of the dredge
forward, on the fore and aft center line,
and connected to the cutter by double
reduction gearing and universal coup-
ling. The cutler shaft is operated at 13
r. p. m. and the normal position of opera-
tion is at an angle of 45 degrees. The
control consists of a reversible drum
controller with starting resistance.
For raising and lowering spuds, cutter
head and head lines a five-drum winch
is used, belt-connected to a 35-h. p., 600
and 575 r. p. m., 2200-volt variable speed
motor, controlled by a reversible drum
controller and rheo-
stat of sufficient re-
sistance to permit of
75 per cent speed
reduction.
The spuds, which
are two h e a v y
weighted iron-shod
timbers at the stern
of the dredge, and
edgcr -uakiand." supported from a
steel gallows frame, serve to brace the
dredge as the cutter moves forward into
the bed of the stream and can be raised
or lowered alternately by a controlling
winch. Thereby swinging the dredge in
an arc, the cutter is permitted to open
up a channel 150 to 160 feet wide and
cut away the bed of the stream to a
depth of 30 to 40 feet. The main suc-
tion pipe extends along the steel ladder,
at the end of which is the cutter, catches
and conveys the dirt and water directly
behind the cutter, drawing both off as
it is cut away. The suction pump is of
the centrifugal type, single runner, 20-
inch suction and discharge, operating at
360 r. p. m. It is located athwartships
and directlv connected bv leather link
Pontoon pipe line.
I'ipe-line discharge on ir.ar.sh laiiil.
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coupling to a 750-h. p., 2200-volt, 3-phase,
60-cycle, 2-spced induction motor. Tlie
control apparatus for this consists of a
drum controller, which handles the sec-
ondary current of the motor only, and
an iron-gird heavy-duty starting rheo-
stat, the primary being taken care of by
means of an automatic oil switch.
The water and silt from the cutter are
carried back over the stern of the dredge
through a 20-inch C. I. pipe line connec-
tion thereon to riveted sheet steel pipe,
at a rate of 450 to 600 cubic yards per
hour, with 15 per cent solids, with a
velocity of 12 feet per second, varying
according to class of material handled.
The long, continuous discharge pipe is
made up of sections carried on pontoons
and connected by flexible rubber coup-
lings, serving to carry the material sus-
pended in the water to the desired point
of deposit.
The pipe line extends to the shore line,
and in one particular case this had to
be submerged in the estuary, so as not
Cutter lu'ad aiul ".\" fraiiio.
now end view, showing cutter.
to block navigation, and continued to
the tide lands of Alameda which are be-
ing filled in. This spouts forth a thick
muddy stream from which the water
rapidly drains off, leaving a hard packed
fill.
In addition to the above there is one
20-h. p., 2200-volt, constant speed motor
belled to a rotary air pump for priming
the main suction pump; also a 6-inch
single stage, centrifugal type general
service pumj), and a 10 k. w., 2080 and
110-volt transformer used for lighting
purposes.
The switchboard consists of one in-
coming line panel and three feeder pan-
els, and with the starting compensators
for the constant speed motors, is placed
in the stern of the dredge. Power is sup-
plied by "Pacific Service" over a short
transmission line from Station "A," in
the immediate vicinity, at a tension of
11,000 volts, and stepped down to 2300
volts with three 250-k. v. a. transformers
located on board at the stern end of the
Pacific Service Magazine
219
dredge, above the main
deck. Shore connections
are made by a 900-foot,
3-conductor, flexible ar-
mored cable, which per-
mits of considerable
range of operation with-
out shifting the shore
connection.
The electric motor af-
fords a compact, easily
controlled and highly
efficient substitute for
steam drive, which has
up to this time been
used. An illustration of
some of this particular
dredger's work was the
discharge of material through 7500 feet
of pipe line to fill the site where the
present Oakland Civic Auditorium now
stands and which was once a marsh.
The average cost of operation of a 20-
inch dredge is about $5500 a month. Pro
rata for labor, $3000; power, $2000; inci-
dentals, $50; with 20 hours average day's
run and 20 days per month.
This will make the cost under average
conditions about five cents per cubic
yard, which, with a competitive bid with
outside dredging companies, would run
ten and a half to twelve cents per cubic
yard.
Interior of dredger, showing transformers, motor and pump.
. Interior of dredger, showing main ^vinch.
This particular industry provides a
profitable load factor for "Pacific Serv-
ice."
Of course, there are periods of heavy
and light pumping, but this fluctuation is
nil compared to the benefits derived from
a 24-hour-per-day power consumer.
There is a very large amount of this
work yet to be done around the San Fran-
cisco Bay district and especially on the
Alameda County shore, and after all it
seems to be but a very natural engineering
feature, that of lifting the silt and mud
from the bottom of the bay and discharg-
ing it behind a stone retaining wall or
bulkhead. Today the land
terminals of the many
railroad systems on the
water front of the Oak-
land harbor, and a vast
acreage around Lake
Merritt, where now we
behold the beautiful
Lakeside Park, are some
of the lasting results of
the excellent work done
with the use of the hy-
draulic suction dredger.
So, "Pacific Service" may
be truly said to be ap-
plicable from the moun-
tain ranges to the bottom
of the sea.
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No. ;i, uiic M'c'tioii »l liiriMcr; No. I, lulliiiH mill in DpclaliDii ; Ni
shears; No. (>, turning up new rolls.
liir iiirnace;
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221
An Old Established California Industry
The Judson Manufacturing Company
By R. E. FISHER, Commercial Department
THE Judson Manufacturing Company
is one of the pioneer manufacturing
establishments of Ahuneda County, hav-
ing removed from San Quentin Point,
Marin County, in the year 1882, locating
on the present site at the foot of Park
Avenue in Emeryville.
Here was installed the first, and up un-
til a few years ago the only, rolling mill
in California, and at the present time it
During the first few years of the plant's
existence one of the principal manufac-
tures was a complete line of files. Later
on came a complete line of farming im-
plements, one of which was the famous
Victor mowing machine. Still later a tack
department was installed Avhich turned
out tacks of every kind and description.
Latest of all, dredges for use in Alaska
were manufactured in great numbers.
Thus the plant
has grown from a
small beginning to
its present magni-
tude, covering an
area of fourteen
acres of ground and
with an average
number of e m -
p 1 o }' e e s of over
four hundred and
fifty, involving an
is still one of the
very few on the Pa-
cific (>oast.
While the rolling
mill, manufacturing
commercial bar.
iron and steel, has
always been the
principal output of
the plant, various
lines liave been
manufactured from
time to time.
llxtcrior vicus nl the .IikImui M;iiui liut tiring; ( loiiipaiiy's works
at I'.iiu'ryvillo, Calil'oniia.
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Interior structural steel and bridge shop.
expenditure of two hundred thousand
dollars annually for labor alone.
At the present time the plant is com-
posed of the following departments : Roll-
ing mill, structural steel, foundry, bolt
shop and machine shop; and there is be-
ing installed still another, an open hearth
furnace.
As the name indicates, the rolling mill
is the portion of the plant, complete in
itself, which rolls or prepares the iron or
steel into the various sizes and shapes for
commercial use.
Scrap iron from a thousand and one
different sources furnishes the raw mate-
rial for the rolling mill. This scrap iron
is received in carload lots; it is then sepa-
rated into two piles, one of cast iron and
the other of wrought iron. The cast iron
is broken bv means of an immense iron
ball dropped on the various pieces until
broken into suitable sizes for bundles to
be placed in the furnace.
The wrought iron and steel is cut by
means of an electric torch to suitable
size, then the scraps are placed in bun-
dles approximately eight inches square
and three feet long, these are placed in
the furnace and heated by means of burn-
in oil to a very high heat which forms a
solid mass of molten metal, called a bil-
let, and is run through the steel rolls
while still hot to various shapes and sizes
as desired. The high grade of steel is
received from the open hearth furnace,
in cast pieces measuring approximately
eight inches square and five feet long;
these are called ingots, and are placed in
the furnace heated to the desired tem-
perature and put through the rolling mill
in the same manner as the iron material.
The operation of the rolling mill involves
the use of a large amount of power. At
the present time the equipment consists
of tliree upright non-condensing steam
engines of 100 horsepower, 250 horse-
power and 350 horsepower capacity, re-
spectively, and each connected to a train
of rolls.
After tile material has passed through
the rolls for the first time it is again
heated and rolled into the various shapes
and sizes required for any particular or-
der; part being rolled into commercial
Pacific Service Magazine
223
bar, iron and steel for
the general commercial
trade, and the other por-
tion rolled into sheet
steel to be made into
steel columns for build-
ings and other structures.
The structural steel
and bridge department is
next in importance to the
rolling mill. Here the
steel is received in long
strips, and is drilled and
riveted to form columns
and beams. The struc-
tural shop itself is a steel
frame building, 102 feet
wide by 600 feet long,
divided into three bays,
each served by two electrically operated
overhead traveling cranes, with a clear-
ance of 18 feet and as many tons capac-
ity. At one end of the long building is a
beam storage and shipping shed, also a
steel frame structure, 42 feet by 400 feet,
served by two overhead traveling cranes,
one of 16-ton and the other of 10-ton ca-
pacity. In addition, there is a large loco-
motive crane for work in the yard and
Air compressor installation,
Bolt-manulacturing machines.
elsewhere about the plant. The shop is
up to date in every respect, the machin-
ery modern, having a productive capacity
of from 1000 to 1500 tons per month.
From this department has been fabricated
the structural steel for some of the larg-
est and most important structures about
the bay region. The largest job turned
out was for the Oakland City Hall, which
required some 3600 tons of structural
steel; others on
the Oakland side
of the bay include
the "Woodmen of
the World Build-
ing, First Metho-
dist Church, Y. M.
C. A., while, in
San Francisco,
the municipal in-
cinerator plant
and the Phelan
Building are
prominent exam-
ples of the plant's
output.
The Judson
Company's capac-
ity for rush work
was indicated last
year when they
delivered three
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luiiulrc'd tons of structural steel for one
of the power statifuis of the Pacific (ias
and Electric Company in less than thirty
(lays from date of order.
Next in importance to the structural
steel department is the foundry, which
has turned out some of the largest cast-
ings ever turned out on the Pacific Coast,
the largest one of these weighed some
18,UUU pounds. The Judson Manufactur-
ing Company has its own pattern shop,
where patterns for all castings are made;
also a bolt shop where bolts are manu-
factured in various sizes. A complete
machine shop occupies the eastern por-
tion of the building, where a general line
Liglitiiig (lyiiiinio instnllol in 1882.
of machine shoj) business is turned out.
The new addition to the plant has re-
(fuired an investment of approximately
si 00,000 in an open hearth furnace, one
of a very few in existence on the Pacific
Coast, which will permit the manufac-
turing of steel ingots necessary to supply
material for the structural machine shop,
instead of bringing them from across the
bay, as is now the practice.
It is interesting to note the part elec-
tricity has played in the development of
this institution. The accompanying photo-
graph shows the first dynamo installed at
the plant, in the year 1882, for lighting
purposes only. It has a capacity of about
five kilowatts, and
has been in almost
continual opera-
tion until a short
time ago.
"Pacific Serv-
ice" was first in-
stalled in the ma-
chine and tack
shops of the Jud-
son Manufacturing
Company in 1896.
Since then its use
has been gradu-
ally extended in
the plant until at
the present time
there are installed
approximately 160
motors, totaling
11.50 horsepower.
In fact, the total
plant has been
electrified with
the exception of
three steam en-
gines dividing the
roll i ng mill, and
at the present time
negotiations are
under way to re-
l)lace these en-
gines with modern
up-to-date electric
equipment.
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225
An accompanying illustration shows
unit number one, whereby the old up-
right steam engine has been replaced by
a 15()-horsepower A. C. motor. When
completely electritied the total installed
horsepower of the plant, including the
motors necessary for the operation of the
new open hearth furnace now being in-
stalled, will be in the neighborhood of
2200 horsepower and will rank as one
of the largest consumers served by the
company.
Owing to the intermittent load and the
great variation of speeds required by the
rolls, this load is a very different one to
supply, the speed varying from 50 r. p. m.
to 300 r. p. m. as required for different
material and sizes.
The rolls or forms which the hot bil-
lets are run through vary in size and
shape according to the material to be
turned out, such as rod, bar or plate.
These rolls are made of cast steel, being
turned to the desired size by a lathe.
Owing to the wear they are subject to, a
considerable stock must be kept on hand
continually.
The organization of the Judson Manu-
facturing Company is thoroughly trained
and under the competent and progressive
superintendence of Mr. W. I). Burke, one
of Oakland's prominent citizens.
The Judson Manufacturing Company is
a good representative of home industry,
and is entitled to consideration of believ-
ers in the slogan "Try California First."
Thus has an industrial plant grown and
developed, keeping pace with the devel-
opment of the community and its ever-
changing demands. Starting with the
manufacture of tacks and agricultural im-
plements, and today fabricating thousands
of tons of steel for buildings of all sorts
and descriptions, it stands a lasting testi-
monial to twentieth-century organization
and the arts of peace.
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A Gas Holder as a Civic Adornment
By VAN E. BRITTON, Assistant Engineer, Gas Department
IN THE early days of the gas industry,
holders, or gasometers as they were
then called, were housed in brick build-
ings for the dual purpose of protecting
them from the elements and keeping the
gas at an even temperature. Holders were
small then and it was an easy matter for
the engineer to so protect them, but in
these days of storage units larger than the
St. Francis Hotel such procedure is out
of the question.
So, since those pioneer days holders
have been built in the open and attention
has been given to
protective coat-
ings of paint to
preserve the metal
and steam coils to
keep the water in
the tank and cups
from freezing.
Usually holders
have been located
at the gas works,
and gas works
have been gener-
ally found in the
m anufacturing
districts where
utility was always
placed before
beauty and civic
pride.
The develop-
ment of hi gh-
pressure gas dis-
tribution, how-
ever, has made it
necessary for the
holders to be built
on or near the
end of the trans-
mission line in or-
der that an as-
sured supply of
gas for peak-hour
demands may be
available. Such holders are needed in
the event of repairs being necessary on
the pressure line.
This was the situation at Redwood City j
some two years ago when it was decided
to build a holder of 500,000 cubic feet
capacity, that being, roughly, a day's sup-
ply for the district. But like "Bobby"
Burns, the company found that "the well-
laid plans of mice and men gang aft
aglee," for the good city fathers, having
in mind unsightly structures of the past,
rightly objected to the disfigurement of
"Pacific Service" gas liolder at Redwood City,
.')00,000 cubic feet capacity.
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227
their sky line and fair city. Then offi-
cials of the company promised an artis-
tic structural shape, a pleasing color of
paint, an ornamental fence, and a land-
scape garden around the holder; whereon
permission was granted for the building
of the holder under these conditions.
The accompanying photographs are of
the completed work and show how well
the promises were kept. That all the care
and attention was not given to the holder
yard is evident from one of the photo-
graphs which shows a portion of the
yard between the substation and the gas
compressor building.
Manager Florence is the recipient of
many congratulations from the residents
of the peninsula over the splendid ap-
pearance and upkeep of the company's
property in San Mateo County.
Granite curbing of substantial standard
width, cement sidewalks, with the park-
ing neatly gravelled, make the street front-
ages of the holder lot conform to the civic
requirements. Within the high artistic
wire fence are noted clean gravelled
walks with extensive lawns and flower
beds and ornamental shrubs placed ad-
vantageously. In the corner of the lot
facing toward the street is the company's
emblem of the circle and triangle built
of concrete with raised letters of the
same material all embedded in a lawn
kept neatly trimmed, as, also, is the low-
growing hedge which outlines it all.
The holder itself is ninety-eight feet
high and one hundred feet in diameter.
It is painted as nearly as possible in imi-
tation of the popular travertine of expo-
sition fame.
The Redwood gas holder is in every
way a credit to "Pacific Service."
The manifest endeavor of the officials
of this company to make all of its physi-
cal properties attractive is attracting the
attention of the thinking public as an evi-
dence of good housekeeping which is al-
ways an indication of healthy conditions.
'I'acitlc Service" electric subslatidii at Hedwood City, with gas plant in the background.
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Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.E.L A.
Chronicled BY E. B. PRICE
Tlu' educational nu'ctiiif^ held on the
evening of October 24th under the aus-
pices of tlie (Commercial and Sales De-
partments, with Mr, L. H. Newbert and
Mr. S. V. Walton presiding, was well at-
tended and of great interest.
(chairman Henry Bostwick made a few-
introductory remarks and called upon Mr.
S. V. Walton, manager of the (Commercial
Department. The speaker pointed out
the prominence which had been accorded
to the electric range at the Seattle con-
ventions of the Northwestern Electric
Light and Power Association and the I'a-
cilic (Coast branch of the American Insti-
tute of Klectrical Engineers, and laid spe-
cial emphasis upon the necessity of the
work of following up the performance of
the range after it had been sold, in order
to insure service and satisfaction to the
consumer. Mr. Walton stated that the
liigher-priced electric ranges, costing
from $60 to $80, were the best sellers,
anil declared his belief that the best re-
sults would be obtained through good
advertising, jjroper demonstration, and
keeping the consumer satisfied.
Mr. L. H. Newbert presented Mr. H. C
Hoss, who read an instructive paj)er deal-
ing with the use of gas for house-heating
and describing the various kinds of heat-
ers in use.
Mr. Newbert traced the development in
the use of electricity for cooking from
the earliest stages to the present time.
IClectric cooking was of comparatively I'c-
cent origin, the speaker asserted, dating
hack to 1801 when the first electric range
was exhibited. In 1804 the London Elec-
nic Lighting (Company gave an electric-
ally-cooked dinner, and in 1000 the Sim-
I)lex IClectric Heating (Company undertook
the marketing of electric heating devices
in this country; and at this time there
were fifteen companies engaged in the
manufacture of electric ranges. Electric
ranges were first introduced into (Califor-
nia by the Mt. Whitney Power Company,
about five years ago, and the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company introduced the
electric range about one year ago, but not
until it was satisfied the range was satis-
factory. The present policy of the com-
pany was along safe and conservative
lines, the public being educated by slides
and lectures. (Care was taken in making
sales and satisfaction striven for as the
best means of advertising. After a sale
was made a lady demonstrator called and
gave complete instruction relating to the
proper operation of the electric range.
By means of lantern slides Mr. Newbert
showed the various electric ranges in use.
A novel feature in the form of a demon-
stration sale was enacted by members of
the Sales Department. Miss C. E. Dwelle
and Mrs. D. R. Withers represented pros-
pective buyers, and Mr. A. Strauch the
salesman. Some clever fencing ensued,
and the relative merits of the electric
range were thoroughly discussed, the final
act being the purchase of the range.
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
the Commercial and Sales departments
for an instructive evening.
The following information will prove
of interest to our members who are tak-
ing the various courses of the University
Extension Division. Mr. R. A. Jones, who
has charge of the Electrical Department
of the San Erancisco Polytechnic High
School, states that the electric shoj) course
proper will begin right after (Christmas
vacation, and will present an entirely
new kind of shop work for the Polytech-
nic, and an absolutely new kind of elec-
trical course for the bay cities. At the
jjresent time there is an elementary elec-
tric shop course under the auspices of
the I'niversity ICxtension Department
every Monday and Eriday evenings. This
course started on November 10th. The
course referred to by Mr. R. A. Jones will
offer many exceptional opportunities.
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California Not Prosperous ? See the Record!
The following observations of present conditions in our Golden Stale are presented
by Mr. C. li. liabcock, president of our Pacific Coast Gas Association, upon returning
from an extensive business tour. They answer the cry of the calamity howlers that we
do not measure ui> with the Hast in the business activity that makes for prosperity.
the
that
rj^HK worhl at hirge cries that
I I'nited Slates is prosperous,
iminitioii business has tilled our cof-
fers to overtlowing, that New Enghind,
the East, the Middle West, are prosperous,
and all the streets are literally strewn
with gold or, better, greenbacks.
Lo! the poor West, land of great grain
fields, cattle on a thousand hills, sheep
for meat and clothing, a country of raw
materials, forsooth — but, then, we have
no factories.
Alas and alack — seek ye not here for
skilled mechanics, factories, or great
prosperity, or great banking institutions,
or great public utilities, for they are in
the P^ast, where all prosperity, high wages
and political ([uestions are settled out of
hand!
Now comes upon the scene a lone Yan-
kee, a trader. This Californian with
Yankee training says, "Look you to that
town at the head of the San Joaquin Val-
ley, Stockton. Within this town a great
factory; here was first made the Cater-
pillar engine, the side-hill combined har-
vester, two alone of their wondrous prod-
ucts that have earned the admiration of
the world.
"From the far steppes of Russia to the
plains of the Argentine you will find their
products are used. This factory employs
seventeen hundred skilled mechanics, and
there is no better, no more eflicient indus-
trial establishment in the world.
"In this same city a great flour mill,
whose doors have never closed since that
fateful day in 1914— the staff of life here
produced and carried to the seven seas —
for man must eat.
"Great industries at work constantly.
Is this prosperity?
"San Francisco — here a shipyard un-
surpassed, building mei'chant vessels and,
higii on their bows, the indelible words,
'For Service.' Full capacity; contracts
for five years ahead. Is this prosperity?
"Vallejo — constructing the largest bat-
tleship ever built; her keel laid on Oc-
tober 25th. There must be skilled men
and adequate material to turn out work
of this class. Is this prosperity?
"Oakland — the pride of the foothills;
factory after factory and all busy.
"Newark, California — here for thirty-
five years a factory has been running,
turning out superior stoves of superior
workmanship in spite of keenest Eastern
competition, and today doing more busi-
ness than any time in their history. Rich-
mond— fuel for the w^orld. Pittsburg —
in Contra Costa County — steel mill, rub-
ber factory, canning factory. In fact, all
the Bay District a busy hive of industry.
"Southern California — more prosperous
than ever; factories turning out gas, elec-
tric and many other appliances, and all
busy; maximum business taxing their re-
sources to the limit to supply the increas-
ing demand.
"California is prosperous. Right today
there is more activity in the gas business
than ever before in the history of the in-
dustry in this State. We are now not
alone giving our best brains and energy
to the manufacture of the product, but
to the vital point, its sale. One must sell
that which he makes, or not for long will
he continue to make. For years there
was torpor; now we are galvanized into
action and our army of trained salesmen
are going forth to sell the product which
the engineer is making. Not for nought
has it been said, and truly, that the cost
of production is governed largely by the
volume of business, and volume of busi-
ness is only brought about by continuous
and sustained sales effort.
"We are prosperous. We have found
the right road; let's keep it. For it's not
the resources of a country that make it
prosperous, but tlie energy of its people."
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEBESTS OP ALL EMPLOYEES OP
THE PACIPIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editoh-in-Chibp
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editob
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manageb
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Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street. San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not saiisfied with his service
tfill confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII NOVEMBER, 1916
No. 6
EDITORIAL
According to a now established annual
custom, the growth of electricity as a fac-
tor in our world's development is about
to be celebrated throughout the nation.
America's Electrical Week for 1916 will
be held December 2d to 9th, inclusive,
and preparations for the event are in ac-
tive progress.
A celebration of this kind, in our judg-
ment, does wonders in the way of en-
lightening the public, among whom so
little is really known about this mysteri-
ous energy we call electricity and the
varied uses to which it can be put that a
campaign of education is a real necessity
in order that people may be brought to
realize the inestimable benefits that lie
within their reach. It would seem to us
that the day is not far distant when the
element of drudgery will have been en-
tirely removed from existence. Never a
day passes but some new appliance, some
new method of applying the power of
electricity, is discovered. It is needless
to remind our readers that now-a-days
the drudgery of farm life is a story of the
past. The electric motor has enabled the
tiller of the soil to live a life of com-
parative ease, while getting the most out
of every square yard of his holding. The
housewife in a modern household is no
longer the worn-out slave that she was
before gas and electricity came to lighten
her burden. Industries of all kinds are
profiting by the solution through these
two wondrous agents of an economic
problem that up to recently made their
outcome uncertain.
To give some idea of what is being
done in this twentieth century to make
living the extreme of comfort one may
profitably peruse the literature that is
being sent out by the Society for Elec-
trical Development in connection with
the forthcoming celebration. We read
therein of matters that reveal the ingenu-
ity of man to an extent never dreamed
of a generation ago. A startling instance
is that of the Anaconda Copper mine,
which produces metal at the rate of 330,-
000,000 pounds annually and which since
its complete electrification is saving in
operating expense an amount estimated
between §3,500,000 and §4,000,000 annu-
ally. We read of electricity being used
to dry wood, through the passing of a
current through the freshly cut timber;
of an electric light which produces the
white light of daylight and so has bright-
ened up many of the dark spots in the
daily factory life of the big cities; of a
stationary vacuum cleaner — housewives,
please take notice! — which draws all dirt,
dust, germs and foul air out of the home
through a tube and into a receiver in the
basement; of an electric sewing machine
that does 1500 stitches a minute and
makes sewing a pastime instead of an
agony.
Now that indoor ice-skating is ousting
the tango from popular favor as an ath-
letic amusement, we read that the New
York City Ice-Skating Rink has established
an electric refrigerator which freezes up
an indoor rink 7 inches deep and 150 feet
long by 100 feet wide in about forty
hours. When the skating rink is ready
the total amount of ice manufactured is
102 tons.
Christmas is approaching, and lo, we
arc told that Santa Claus promises for
this season something that will put the
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electrically-lighted Christmas tree in the
shade. A Chicago manufacturer has per-
fected a small transformer by which the
voltage of the electric current may be re-
duced down to a point where it is per-
fectly harmless and may be used for the
operation of small electric toys. So, we
see, even the little children will share in
the magic wonders of a magic age.
In the foregoing, gas is mentioned as
sharing honors with its more modern
rival in lightening the domestic burden
and assisting industrial development. As
a matter of fact, gas is holding its own
today in a manner such as to amaze those
who predicted that with the advent of
electricity its day was done.
Statistics not only in California but all
over the United States show that the gas
business is in an exceedingly flourishing
condition, and that the number of com-
panies manufacturing and distributing
this product is on the increase. Concern-
ing the gas branch of "Pacific Service"
there surely is little cause for complaint.
Our company's report for 1915 shows
that 40 per cent of the gross income in
that year was derived from sales of gas,
the amount being placed at $7,162,484.
Taking San Francisco as an example, the
gas department's record for the year 1906
was in the neighborhood of two billion
cubic feet, while for the year 1915 the
figures totaled nearly five billion. The
reports presented at recent conventions
of the American Gas Institute and other
societies of lesser magnitude indicate that
the demise of gas as an up-to-date com-
mercial commodity is a very long way off.
The fact seems to be that either has its
sphere of usefulness, and that, taken to-
gether, gas and electricity make a great
team.
Recent Authorized Additions
and Betterments
The following expenditures for addi-
tions and betterments of service have
been authorized by the head otTice:
San Francisco District — Installation of
a 2400-volt feeder from Station "F" to
Metropolitan Gas Works, $8620; placing
all overhead lines underground on the
Embarcadero, from Sansome to Mason
streets, $17,290; reconstructing the street-
lighting system on Third Street, from
Market to Hubbell streets, and installing
additional lights, $1030; replacing 208
arc lamps on United Railroad poles with
Mazda band refractor units on Market
Street from Seventh to Valencia; on Sut-
ter Street, from Market to Van Ness, and
on Valencia Street, from Market to Mis-
sion, $2510; overhauling gas mains on
Brannan Street, between First and Divi-
sion streets, $3260.
Alameda County District — Extend San
Pablo 11-k. V. line two miles to supply
power to be used in construction of dam
and reservoir for People's Water Com-
pany, $3291; re-arranging and extending
arc circuit in Northbrae, Thousand Oaks
and Cragmont to supply sixteen new street
lamps, $1261; building a 4-k. v, lead on
County Road (known as May Road) near
Alvarado to the Decoto Road for benefit
of service, $4019.
Drum District — For building a con-
crete shear wall at head dam, and a set-
tling reservoir near one mile point on
Bear River canal, $9950.
Electra District — Construction of new
substation and line covering service to
Argonaut mine, $6431.
Fresno District — Construction of a steel
frame corrugated iron building to cover
boilers and to replace present iron and
wood frame building at gas works, $3605.
Marin District — Laying of a 4-inch high
pressure tie-in line over D Street grade
from end of present 6-inch line to the
San Anselmo-Kentfield line for improve-
ment of service, $7454.
Napa District— To provide for subma-
rine cable and necessary transformers
for supplying power to the Government
at Mare Island, $17,503.
Petaluma District — Replacement of 1-
inch and 2-inch mains with new 2-inch
and renew services in various locations
in city of Petaluma, in order to improve
the service, $5711.
San Jose District — Reconstruction of
pole lines carrying 11-k. v. circuits be-
tween Mayfield and Sunnyvale for the
improvement of service, $11,311.
Redwood District — Extension of serv-
ice to supply Enterprise Foundry Com-
pany, South San Francisco, $3421.
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda County District
A fellow is apt to feci that his iden-
tity is lost when he is working in a large
corporation. His ambition is like a bee-
hive; each trying to climb over the other.
Did you ever watch to see how some bees
seem to keep on top, although all seem
to have the same physical strength? You,
perhaps, have boarded a street car in a
large city and have seen the conductor
with number 8670 on his cap. You might
mistake him for an automatic item, that
makes change and calls street names;
just a machine. However, if you are a
stranger, and don't know your bearings
or how to get to where you want to go,
you are delighted to make his acquaint-
ance. If he is polite to you, as he will be,
or should be, and unravels you in your
course, you will think him a king-pin.
You will think also that it is the linest
street-car system in the United States.
Moreover, the 86(59 whom you didn't ask
get the credit; a reputation created by
one man.
Our Tourist relates that in Detroit a
policeman was asked a question regard-
ing direction. He not only cut his an-
swer short but turned his back upon the
([uestioncr. The questioner proceeded an-
other block and, meeting another police-
man, almost received the same discour-
tesy. Should Detroit be put down as
having a discourteous and arrogant police
force because two of her policemen for-
got common courtesy? Yet these two
men brought reflection on the fair city
and the entire police force. Individual
effort does count, and althf)ugh the bee-
hive may be full of workers the top boys
are first to fly with the new (jueen.
It is said that opportunity knocks but
once at everyone's door, but the trouble
is, no one's at home. However, the one
who sits around waiting for opjjorfun-
ity to knock sits on unhatchable glass
eggs. It is he who sees opportunity that
makes good. Talking about seeing ()i)i)or-
tunity, the district business is forging
ahead by everyone reporting in on op-
portunities for business. In September
forty-three per cent of the gas arcs sold
were prospects turned in by others than
those in the gas-arc department. Others
reported places where gas and electric
ranges might be sold; likewise gas heaters
and house heating. J. Loughrey spied a
gas range stored in a basement and a coal
range in the kitchen. It took but half an
hour for the two ranges to change places.
While mentioning names, a surprising
number of good live prospects for busi-
ness have been turned in by A. Sabel, E.
Ferrctta and O. Langkush of the Gas Arc
Department; W. Hair, Gas Meter Depart-
ment; W. De Cassia and C. C. Hill, Elec-
tric Department; R. E. Porter and O. F.
Welling, Street Main Department; Geo.
Eldridge and G. W. Jordan, Collection De-
partment; F. R. Handle, W. H. Biers and
W. White, Berkeley. These were in the
lead for September.
Hammer-Bray Company of Oakland are
not going to let Oakland get cold feet.
They make real gas ranges and gas heat-
ing devices; we say real, because some
people don't realize that superior ranges
are made right here at home by these
people and, also, the Graham Stove people
at Newark. Hammer-Bray are now put-
ting out a special heater, called Carbonet.
This is not F'rench, but because it burns
carbon fuel manufactured by "Pacific
vService," a compressed by-product from
the gas works. Carbon fuel makes a high
heat like anthracite coal at half the price
of the latter and no ash. Carbon fuel is
making friends and so are Hammer-Bray.
Every one likes a fresh, crisp cracker.
It is a problem to keep package crackers
from growing stale on grocery shelves.
The National Biscuit Company maintains
a large warehouse on Fortieth and San
Pablo to safeguard the Coast trade. Their
men make it their business to go among
the stores to keep goods moving. Nabisco,
which is an abbreviation for National Bis-
cuit Company, is conceded as being the
most popular cracker ever put on the mar-
ket and has held that popularity longer
than any other nation-wide-known con-
fection. Their factory is in New York
and is the largest power installation on
tile New York Edison lines, being seventy-
live horsepower. Strange, but New York
hasn't any large power installations on
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233
count of the high price of land. It is
)t a factory city other tlian for garments
d small ciothiiig. The National Biscuit
)nipany gets all of its raisins, honey
id figs from California by the carload,
lese come from Fresno and that is why
ere is sunshine in N. B. C. goods.
When an Oaklander gets away off in the
ilds of Canada and hears farmers talk-
g about the Best Tractor as their boon,
puts San Leandro on the map. The
;st people are making history. Their
isoline farming appliances are the means
cultivating thousands of acres in the
reat Northwest which otherwise would
; too expensive to farm. The tractor is
living the wheat and grain supply.
Then, in far-off Boston, also in distant
ontreal, there were Ma-Belle chocolates
1 sale. This is a make of some enter-
ising Oakland young ladies under the
'm name of Ma-Belle Chocolate Com-
my. "Oakland" is indistinct geographic-
ly in the Eastern mind — there are some
s^enty-two in America and "Oakland
arm" and "Oakland Hotel" are common
inies East. Los Oaklands would be a
Danish setting, characteristically Cali-
»rnian and distinctive.
Twenty-second and Broadway is a busy
?nter of building. This part of town
ok a boom some years ago when, for
istance, a lot jumped from $6000 to
18,000 in six months. Then activity re-
jded. The Sommarstrom Brothers and
inkle Construction Company, with the
)resight such as outsiders generally bring
itli them in making investments, are
ow constructing a five-story building,
his will contain fifty apartments and
velve stores on the ground floor. This
uilding will stimulate business in that
action. Sommarstrom Brothers and Hin-
le are to be commended for their enter-
rise. The Sommarstrom Brothers have
icreased the realty assets of Oakland
lore than any other interests during the
ast two years by the high-class apart-
lent houses which they have put up.
he Sommarstorm way of building apart-
lenls carries individualitv and class.
Marysville District
The building of a new dredging town
5 proceeding at Parks Bar, on the Yuba
liver, 'between Marysville and Smarts-
ille. Numerous buildings and I'esidences
re under construction, and it is the plan
f the Pacific Dredging Company to make
the camp one of the best in California.
The company is a subsidiary of the Gug-
genheim-controlled Yukon Gold Company,
and has ample funds for the realization
of its projects. Large areas of rich
dredging ground have been demonstrated
in the field, and the first of a fleet of
powerful gold dredges will go into com-
mission within a few weeks.
Two more boats of the largest and most
powerful type are to be constructed in
1917. Meanwhile, the company is aggres-
sively exploring large tracts of near-by
land by means of drills and prospect pits,
and constantly extending the limits of
profitable territory. A portion of the
holdings adjoins the property of the Yuba
Gold Fields Consolidated, where a large
fleet of the largest dredgers in the world
are in commission.
Preliminary re-dredging of old tailings
at Oroville has been so satisfactory that
the Natomas Consolidated has arranged to
start another boat. It will operate on the
tailings left by Couch No. 1 dredge, the
first gold boat to successfully dredge Cali-
fornia placers. The work thus far done
has proven that the old boats failed to
thoroughly clean the bedrock and, also,
that much gold escaped the buckets.
There are also patches of ground that
were not worked by the old dredges but
are now^ available for mining. It is con-
sidered likely that other companies will
re-dredge many broad areas around Oro-
ville and near-by towns within the next
three vears.
The prospects of Yuba County as one
of the greatest rice-producing centers in
the Sacramento Valley lie in the work
about to be undertaken by the Farm Land
Investment Company of San Francisco,
which has applied to the State Water
Commission for permission to appropri-
ate one hundred cubic feet per second of
the water from the Yuba and F"eather
rivers, tributary to the Sacramento River
in Yuba County, for the culture of rice.
The water is to be brought to the land
from the rivers by means of one 24- and
one 30-inch centrifugal pumps. It is esti-
mated that the cost of this work will be
$31,000. The company also plans to se-
cure an additional two hundred second
feet from tiie Feather River and Plumas
and Messick lakes, where 24-, 36- and 40-
inch electric pumps will be used.
This means that between 13,000 and
20,000 acres of land between Marysville
and Sacramento will be irrigated bv
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means of water taken from the Yuba and
Feather rivers. It is the plan of the com-
pany, so it is stated upon good authority,
to use Phnnas Lake as a sort of reservoir
during the summer and for drainage pur-
poses in the winter. All of the land situ-
ated in this big drainage and irrigation
system will be planted to rice, making
one of the largest individual tracts of rice
land to be found in California.
The tract of land to be planted to rice
includes the large Harding tract located
a few miles south of this city. This land
is traversed by the Northern Electric
railroad, allowing the best of shipping
facilities.
An effort will be made by local business
men and the Marysville Chamber of Com-
merce, it is understood, to induce the rice
growers in this enterprise to have all of
the rice grown shipped to Marysville to
have it milled. Steps will be taken to
have the Sperry Flour Mills here con-
verted into a rice mill. The establish-
ment of a rice mill in Marysville means
much to the community and steps should
be taken immediately if this is to be ac-
complished. Rice-growing has become
one of the leading industries of the Sac-
ramento Valley and Yuba County will
have her share.
The rice crop in the vicinity of Live
Oak will be more than 2000 sacks, ac-
cording to T. C. Smith, president of the
Live Oak Chamber of Commerce.
There are four hundred acres planted
to rice in the Live Oak district and the
growers will secure between thirty and
forty sacks to the acre. This is the first
year rice has been grown in the district.
Growers of Thompson seedless grapes
in Sutter County reaped a fortune off
their crop this season. It is estimated
that 24,000 tons of grapes were picked,
most of them being made into raisins, for
which the growers received $02,400.
H. P. Stabler, county horticultural com-
missioner, says there are approximately
3000 acres of grapes in bearing in Sutter
County. The growers secured on an aver-
age of eight tons to the acre this season
and the raising brought on an average of
$26 a ton.
J. C. Alberlson, president of the Sutter
County Chamber of Commerce and farmer
of Meridian, estimates that the bean crop
of Sutter Countv will bring close to
$3,000,000. He states that at least 20,000
tons of beans will have been harvested
when the season closes. He estimat«
there were 20,000 acres of beans in Su
ter County this season and the yield ave
aged one ton to the acre.
The Lady Washington beans, consic
ered the best bean raised, have bee
bringing the growers $140 a ton on tl
average of $7 per sack of one hundre
pounds. William Miller recently sold lOt
sacks of Lady Washington beans at eigl
and one-half cents per pound, the higl
est price ever paid for beans. A fe^
days after he sold the beans he said h
could have disposed of the crop at te
cents per pound. D. C. Smith, large;
bean grower of the county, cleared ove
$30,000 off his beans this season, accorc
ing to Albertson, who declares his belie
that there is not enough land to suppl
the demand of persons who are seekin
to lease bean land.
Chico District
During the month of October Chico wa
visited by several distinguished visitor
and two elaborate banquets were held i:
their honor.
The first was in honor of Dr. Beverl
Galloway, chief of the bureau of th.
United States Plant Introduction Garden,
and was given by the Business Men's As
sociation. The attendance included th
officials of the Plant Introduction Gardei
and the officials of the Sacramento De
velopment Association.
It was pleasing to learn, as announcec
by Dr. Galloway, that the Garden wouh
soon have another one hundred acre
added to its large holdings.
The second banquet was in honor o
Mr. W. A. Fairburn, president of the Dia
mond Match Company, and was attendei
by the local officials of the company anc
also by members of the Business Men':
Association.
During the past few months there ha:
been considerable comment as to the fina;
outcome of the Chico branch of the Mate!
Company, as their activities have de
creased to some extent in certain branche:
of their industries; but Mr. Fairburn's re
marks showed very plainly that the Mate!
Company is here to stay and already
work has been started to double theii
output.
The banquet was a genuine get-togethei
meeting whereby the association pledgee
its good-will and the Match Company or
the other side, in the words of Mr. Fair
burn, promising to give as much if nol
more than it received.
Pacific Service Magazine
235
While Boston and Brooklyn were pre-
aring for the World's Series to deter-
jine the championship of the great Amer-
;an game, Chico and Oskosh were not
ar behind in preparing for a series of
wo games to determine the champion-
hip of Match Company teams.
The Oskosh, Wisconsin, have been win-
ing the pennant for several years, that
i, among their factories in the East, and
hey came to Chico intending to take the
latch Company's team here into camp,
luch to their surprise they were defeated
1 both games and now the pennant will
emain here for a year at least.
The local team, by winning the cham-
ionship, will go East next year to com-
ete with the different teams.
H. B. Heryford.
Fresno District
Hallowe'en was celebrated by practic-
llly all of the members of the "Pacific
iervice" Club taking the newly weds, Mr.
ind Mrs. H. C. Ross, by surprise. They
|wept down upon them in various and
iomic costumes and some were so well
lisguised that their identity was not dis-
'.overed by their host for some time.
i During the evening "Slim" Boettner was
klaced on trial for trespassing, the charge
being that he had been found sleeping in
a near-by haystack. Officer Alstrom, who
made the arrest, testified for the State
and the defendant presented as character
witnesses "Sis Hopkins" (Gem Vencill)
and Handsome Harry (Harry C. Cather-
all), shown in photo with the high hat.
The defendant was found guilty and sen-
tenced to answer all high-bill complaints
until further notice.
Norman Maze was convicted of loaning
money at an exorbitant rate of interest
and placed on probation. The gathering
was a decided success and the means of
getting the employees together as well as
celebrating the occasion. Those present
were:
F. A. Alstrom, C. N. Bolfing and wife,
R. B, Boyd and wife, W. Z. Butterworth
and wife, H. C. Catherall, Grace Gould,
W. L. Johnstone and wife, J. P. Krog,
Norman Maze, Rose Miller, H. C. Ross and
wife. Hazel Strickenburg, Gem Vencill,
Glenn Vencill, R. H. Boettner, Roy Whit-
ney and wife, E. A. Weston, Miss Dean,
Chas. Vierheller and wife, L. R. Stubble-
field and wife, Margaret Jones, W. R. Tan-
zer and wife, and J. E. Mehrtens.
The new Fresno State Normal School
was formally dedicated on November
17th. The buildings were sufficiently com-
pleted on September 1st so that the school
could be opened on that date. The cost.
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Pacific Service Magazine
including tlic eciuipnient, amounted to
.$390, OOO. The architecture is a combina-
tion of Italian and Spanish design and
the effect is decidedly i)leasant. The
stiucture covers almost three and one-
half acres of ground and will accommo-
date one thousand students. There are
llfty-six classrooms and laboratories in
addition to the library, theatre audito-
rium and executive ofliccs.
The i)hysical science class of the Fresno
High School visited the gas plant recenth'
and were shown the generating mysteries
of our valuable fuel and the method of
converting oil into gas for commercial
and domestic uses.
The introduction of military instruc-
tion into the local high school has been
favorably considered and may be adopted
with the usual assistance afforded by the
State for such purpose.
The oflicial count of the registered vot-
ers shows that there are at present 13,400
in the citv of Fresno.
Seven carloads of honey, valued at
$12,500, have been recently shipped from
Hanford.
While the damage to the raisin crop,
caused by the rain and continued cool
weatiier, has been large, it is not as great
as at first rei)ortcd and the loss is some-
what compensated by sale to the wineries.
M. L. Neely.
Santa Rosa District
Mr. Terry H. Jump, one of the gentle-
men sent here during the sales campaign
by Mr. Xewbert of that department, at-
tempted to i)ut one over on his accjuaint-
ances recently.
It seems that a very pleasant young
lady, by the name of Sliss (lenevieve
Deane, came down from Portland, meet-
ing our genial salesman in San Francisco,
where the marriage license was issued.
The young ladies of this office got wise to
it through the columns of the San l''ran-
cisco dailies, and decorated the bride-
groom's desk (juite appi"opriately, an im-
mense cow bell being hung underneath
the desk, which ([uile approjjrialely an-
swered for a wedding bell, high heel
shoes of the type ordinarily worn by
ladies wearing sport dresses were at-
tached to his chair, and his desk was
further decorated with handsome cards.
such as "Keep your head," and numer(
others, winding up with "Married n
don't live longer than single men, it oi
seems longer." M. G. Hall
Yolo District
Mr. F. W. Boyd, of the General Kb
trie Company, delivered two interest i
lectures to the students taking the sIk
course at the University Farm School
Davis on October 25th.
One of these, which was given duri
the afternoon, was of a generally descr
live nature of the farm electrical api
ratus, and the evening lecture was supp
mented with two films entitled "Back
the Farm" and "Cy. Smith's Convictioi
The farm school auditorium was fillcil
capacity. J. W. Cooxs
Drum District
On Sunday, October 15th, Miss Ve
Campbell, daughter of Mr. Chas. Cam
bell of Drum, was married to Mr. Clui
McCloud of Colfax. Mr. McCloud has l)c(
associated with "Pacific Service" in tl
Drum District for several years and wi
take his bride to Colfax for the winter
Before leaving Drum, Mrs. Lloyd Hei
ley entertained in honor of the bride, ti
afTair being a miscellaneous shower. A
the ladies brought their thimbles and tl
afternoon was spent in hemming od(
and ends for the bride's linen chest,
was not until refreshments were serve
that the real nature of the party was n
vealcd to the bride, who was genuine!
surprised to find tier place at table pile
high with lovely and useful gifts. Th
decorations were in pink and white-
l)ink butterfiies swinging lightly on fer
fronds, with here and there dainty ])in
hearts hidden among the leaves. Tin
white "wedding slippers" filled with pin
roses served as place cards. The cente
piece was a bride's cake bearing a smal
I)iclure bride with a real tulle veil and ,
real bou(iuet of (k^cile Bruner roses an(
five-finger ferns. This same picture bridt
by the way, has served as a decoration a
anniversary parties for six of the eight
cell Drum brides. Among those presen
were :
Mrs. Geo. Haven, Mrs. Ben Kenison
Mrs. Edwin ^VhiI)pIe, Sr., Miss Whipi)le
Miss Annis Whipple, and Mrs. Keasby
from Drum Forebay Camp; and Mrs. ,1
H. Hichardson, Mrs. L. G. Roberts, Mrs
Pacific Service Magazine
237
D. C. Stewart, Mrs. R. B. Hawkins, Mrs.
E. G. Sharp and Mrs. Lloyd Henley from
Drum powerhouse.
On leaving Mrs. Geo. Haven invited all
those present to gather at her home the
following week for a final "sewing bee"
and farewell to Mrs. McCloud.
(Signed) One of Those Present.
Placer District
Saturday, September 30th, at the city
of Auburn's Recreation Park, the Placer
County Farm Bureau, assisted by the Au-
burn Merchant's Association, held its first
annual picnic.
Two days before the date set for the
picnic the original plan outgrew itself,
developing into a small county fair. The
farmers exhibited fruits, produce, grains,
trees and livestock; the merchants of Au-
burn, in a specially constructed canvas
pavilion, made a very creditable display
of their particular wares. The crowd was
large, the speakers exceptionally good,
and, altogether, the affair proved a very
strong educational feature, so much so
that it is to become an annual event.
Practical demonstrations were made,
showing tractors plowing and preparing
ground for planting. Concrete mixing
and moulding was made plain to anyone
interested. Our company demonstrated
various methods of measuring a miner's
inch of water, showing the one inch
passing through an ordinary house water-
meter, round and square apertures, from
one-half inch to full inch in size, running
in flumes, with and without grade, and at
the lower end emptying into a box hav-
ing a capacity of one cubic foot. This
box was set on a platform scale to permit
my one to actually measure for quantity
and weight same to determine the cor-
rectness of the water delivery.
'llie display interested many persons.
H. M. Cooper.
Napa District
riie enq)]oyees of Napa District inaugu-
rated an annual get-together dinner five
ye;Ms ago, and on the evening of Novem-
ber 11 til last they gathered around the
festive board for tlie fifth time.
Tlie ban(iuet room over the company's
ofiice on Main Street was artistically dec-
orated with greens, red berries and grape
vines, and the familiar trademark of the
company done in red berries and greens
decorated one side of the room. Mrs.
Wm. Hunter, well known for the savory
products of her skill, presided in the
kitchen, and four young ladies made the
circuit from the kitchen to the tables.
About forty were seated at the tables, in-
cluding fourteen heads of departments
from the head office in San Francisco,
four local guests and managers from
neighboring districts.
After doing ample justice to what was
set before them the men listened to words
of enthusiasm, encouragement, instruc-
tion and amusement from many of those
present who were called upon by Dis-
trict Manager Clark acting as toastmaster.
During the course of the dinner Mr. John
Gilbert of the Operation and Maintenance
Department of San Francisco most admir-
ably entertained the company with his
pleasing tenor voice, accompanied by
Mrs. Gilbert at the piano. The evening
was closed with several reels of instruct-
ive and amusing pictures. All present de-
clared that another most successful event
had joined the others in their memory.
Among those from out of town were :
Mr. Harry Bostwick, General Manager's
office; Mr. Van E. Britton, Assistant Gas
Engineer; Mr. P. M. Downing, Chief Engi-
neer, O. &. M. Department; Mr. W. J. Dris-
coll. Auditing Department; Mr. John Gil-
bert, O. & M. Department; Mr. F. R. George,
Load Dispatcher; Mr. V. R. Hughes, "Safe-
ty First" Department; Mr. Hillebrand,
Distribution Department; Mr. E. B. Hen-
ley, Land Department; Mr. L. H. Newbert,
Sales Department; Mr. W. G. Vincent,
Valuation Engineer; Mr. S. V. Walton,
Commercial Department; A. J. Stephens,
manager Vallejo District; Mr. F. Bremer,
Cordelia; Mr. O. K. Judd, Cordelia.
The others present included : Messrs.
F. C. Bormann, E. Borreo, Clarence D.
(]lark, O. E. Clark, Cecil Gardner, J. B.
Harris, Perrv Mapes, C. T. ]\IcKenzie, W.
A. Moody, J.M. Mayfield, J. M. Poole, J. A.
Schweiger, David Shwarz, W. R. Snow,
Peter Tosi, E. G. Wilson. C. D. Clark.
San Francisco District
A new installation of Mazda band re-
fractor units is about to be made on
Third Street from Market Street to the
(Channel, to supplant the present multiple
arc-lamp system.
The Mazda band refractor units are
I)roving so much more satisfactory than
the old arc lamps that it has been de-
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cided to change the remainder of the mul-
tiple arcs on Market Street, and all of the
multiple arcs on Valencia and Sutter
streets, to Mazda band refractor units.
An appropriation for this work has al-
ready been received.
Mr. Harry Rogers, of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, is the proud father
of an eight-pound babv bov, born October
5, 1916. ' '
In order that the hydro-electric power
coming into San Francisco over our new
submarine cable across Golden Gate may
be more effectively used, it has been de-
cided to install a 2400-volt feeder from
Station "F" to the North Beach district,
and thereby give a double-throw service
from either our local steam plant or
hydro-electric plant for the large num-
ber of power consumers in this district.
Mr. F. A. Gunner, one of the inspectors
of the Electric Distribution Department,
and Miss T. Brandt, of Yonkers, N. Y.,
were married on Sunday, October 15,
1916. .
A contract has just recently been signed
covering the supplying of electric service
for the large Foxcroft Building on the
north side of Post Street, between Kearny
and Montgomery streets.
An authorization has just been received
covering the removing of overhead lines
on the Embarcadero from Battery to
Mason streets. This work is being done
at the request of the State Board of Har-
bor Commissioners in their endeavor to
beautify the waterfront. Upon comple-
tion of this job all overhead lines of this
company along the entire waterfront,
from the south end to the north end of
the Embarcadero, will tlien have been put
underground.
Mr. Jack Mehrtens, of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, recently resigned
to take ciiarge of the Electric Construc-
tion Department of Twin Peaks Tunnel.
The "Pacific Service" Rifle Club has
proven so popular that it was found nec-
essary to divide tlie members into two
s(iuads, in order to hold a shoot at the
State Armory. The first squad practiced
on tile evening of October 3flth, and the
second s(iuad on the following evening,
with .22 caliber rifles. The members are
fast learning the art of sight adjustment.
which is the main object of .22 caliber
practice. The high score was made by
Mr. S. E. Carpenter of the Civil Engineer-
ing Department. A. R. Thompson.
Messrs. Paul Bucher and C. B. Ohne
muller have tendered their resignations
as engineers in the Electric Distribution
Department and have both accepted posi-
tions with the Electric Bond and Share
Company, in connection with the rehabil-
itation of the electric distribution sys-
tem in Dallas, Texas. S. J. Lisberger.
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
- AND
Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation Library
Since our last report we have received
150 pamphlets which cover the following
subjects: 65 Commerce Reports; 12 Edu-
cational Subjects; 9 University of Cali-
fornia— Bureau of Instructions; 47 Mis-
cellaneous; 9 Medical Pamphlets; 3 Ex-
periment Station Records; 1 Census of
Manufactures, 1914 — Power Laundries; 1
Monthly Weather Review, June, 1916; 2
Hearings before the Committee on Mili-
tary Affairs, donated by Congressman
Julius Kahn; 1 Progressive Report of the
Manitoba Hydrometric Survey, Years 1912-
13-14, donated by Mr. W. J. Roche.
Three bound volumes were donated by
Mr. Thos. W. Brooks, as follows: Hand-
book of Calculations for Engineers, by
N. Hawkins; Hydraulic Power Engineer-
ing, by G. Croydon Marks; Gaseous Fuel.
by B. H. Thwaite. Condensed Catalogs
of Mechanical Equipment, with Directory.
1916, by American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, donated by Mr. Henry Bost-
wick; National Commercial Gas Associa-
tion Proceedings, Dec, 1914, donated 1)>
Mr. Britton's office; Mortality Statistics,
1914, by Department of Commerce, Bu-
reau of Census. Five bound volumes,
donated by Miss L. Madeleine Varncy.
cover mathematical subjects.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1205; pamphlets, 3860.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association Li-
brary has been donated four bound vol-
umes as follows: Irrigation Development.
France. Italy and Spain, by Wm. Ham.
Hall, donated by Mr. E, C. Jones; three
volumes of Progressive Age, donated by
Mr. L. P. Lowe.
Total number of books on hand to date,
1270. J. P- Baloun.
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PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400.000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas...
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75,000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75.000
Water (Domestic)
Railway
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place Population
'Alameda 28.000
'Albany 1.502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•- "Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
•Aptos 300
•Atherton 250
»- 'Auburn 2.500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
«Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3.000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15,000
•Colfax 850
«Colma 1.800
"Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
*■ "Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
*Daly City .... 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
'-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano ... 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
•Forestville ....
'Fresno
'Gilroy
•Glen Ellen. . . .
•- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
•Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
•HoUister
^ 'lone
Irvington
•- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
•Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
♦Larkspur
'- sLincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore ....
'Loomis
Los Altos
*Los Gatos ....
Madison
•Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
Population
3,000
250
250
900
300
300
2.000
225
. . 35,000
2,900
900
5.100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2.800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1.050
1,100
225
300
350
2.900
350
500
300
Population Place
•Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
•Novato .
700
2.500
210
6.500
2,750
505
950
1.200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley.
•Occidental. . . .
Pacheco
*- 'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove . . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton
Port Costa ....
'Redwood City.
'- •Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
•Rodeo
'- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo . .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1.000
3,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560.000
'Sanjose 45,000
•San J uan .
'San Leandro . .
San Lorenzo . .
•San M artin . . .
'San M ateo
•San Pablo . . . .
'San Quentin . .
'San Rafael
326
4,000
400
200
5.500
500
2,500
6,000
Population
•Santa Clara. . .
•Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa. . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
•Sliellville
Sheridan
Smartsville . . .
•Soquel
•Sonoma
'South San
Francisco . . .
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
•Stege
- 'Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
•Sutter Creek. .
Tiburon
•Tres Pinos. . . .
•Vacaville
- •Vallejo
•Vineburg
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•VVatsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
6,000
13.600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
12,500
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5.200
225
350
1.500
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335,383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,716,894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
' — Electricity and Water.
-Electricity supplied through other companies.
-Gas supplied through other companies.
-Water supplied through other companies.
'TACIFIG SERVICE" FACTS:
OVER TWENTY MILLION POUNDS, or Ten Thousand
tons of copper, are installed in the Company's distribu-
tion and transmission lines. To haul this amount a train of
540 cars, or over six miles long, would be required.
xii Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. McKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Britton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miluer
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Gharles T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. GoGHLAN Manager Claims Department
G. P. Cutten Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer ElectriceJ Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. LiSBERGER Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtue Manager Publicity Department
L, H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. G. Robb Superintendent oi Supplies
H. G. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DI8TBICT HEADQUARTERS MANAQER
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate . Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa L. H. Hartsogk
Contra Costa Martinez Don G. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Martin
Electra Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestrk
Marin . . San Rafael W. H. Foster
Napa Napa G. D. Clark
Nevada Nevada City John Werry
Petaluma Petaluma H. Webeb
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento G. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holberton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kusteb
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa M. G, Hall
Solano Dixon G. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Coons
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Contents for December, 1916.
Whence Comes Much "Pacific Service"
Power — Lake Spaulding Dam at the
260-Foot Level Frontispiece
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Jno. A. Britton . . 241
HALSEY POWER PLANT IN "PACIFIC
SERVICE" J.P.Jollyman . . 243
THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF THE LAKE
SPAULDING PROJECT Paul E. Magerstadt . 246
MAN-POWER, HORSEPOWER, ELECTRIC
POWER F.G.B 251.
HOW AMERICA'S ELECTRICAL WEEK
WAS CELEBRATED IN OUR SECTION
OF CALIFORNIA F.S. Myrtle ... 252
TO THE TOP OF MOUNT WHITNEY WITH
THE SIERRA CLUB C.H.Delamj ... 256
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F.Hockenbeamer 261
EDITORIAL 264
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 266
CO-OPERATIVE SELLING J. Chas. Jordan . . 2T6
DOINGS OF "PACIFIC SERVICE" SECTION,
N. E. L. A E.B. Price . . . 278
Index to Advertisers
AJlis-Ghaliners Mfg. Go v
Associated Oil Go ix
Baldwin & Howell 3rd page cover
Ghaplin-Fiilton Mfg. Co viii
Day, Thomas Go xii
General Klectric Co iv
General Gas Light Co v
Goodyear Rubber Co xii
Jackson, Hopkins Go vii
National City Company 4th page cover
Pacific Meter Co ix
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1st page cover
Pelton Water Wheel Co viii
Pierson, Reeding & Co vi
Roebling, John A., Sons Go x
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc viii
Sprague Meter Co vjii
Standard Underground Gable Go ix
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co vii
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank. . 1st page cover
Welsbach Company x
Western Pipe & Steel Go. of Califoroia vii
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Go. ._ xi
White, J. G., Enginnering Corporation ix
Wood. R. D.. & Go vi
Yawman & Erbe .Manufacturing Go xii
Whence comes much "Pacific Service" power — Lake Spaulding <lam al the 260-foot level.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VII DECEMBER, 1916 No. 7 p
■iMiiiliiiilMillllB
ijiniiwiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiimillll
A Merr9 CKristmas &
A Happ}) New Tear
To all in ^e membersKip of
"Pacific Service"
It is again a supreme pleasure ana
privilege afforded me to extend to me lo})al
band of m}) co-vi^orkers fke compliments of 4ie
season.
In 4ie extent of our domain of service
some 4iere be wKo dwell among 4\e snow -clad
peaks and ice-bound lakes of the Sierras,
otkers in deep wooded canyons, some in the
fertile and fruitful \)alleys, and otKers amid tKe
rusk and Kurly burly of cities.
Let me wisK for all tKat tKe memories of
tKe departing year bring onl>) pleasant
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tnougnts, and mat 37our anticipations for tne
year to come may be full}? realized.
Christmas time no longer represents solely
tne heritage of Christians; no longer solely
commemorates the birth of the "Man of Sor-
rows"; it has become recognized as the glad-
some day of all creeds, and all nationalities,
for the exchange of affectionate greetings, for
me reunion of hearts and hands. And ^sJe^v
Tear's day is but the emphasis thereof.
Let, therefore, the sentiment of these days
of days be with us, and of us, and abide in
happiness.
"It's no' in Books, its no' in lear
To make us truly blest
If happiness has not her seat
And centre in the Breast
We may be wise, or rich or great
But never can be blest."
Sincerely
San Francisco, California
December 25, 191 6
(Z^z^TlT^-
A'ice- President and General >[anager.
r.
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Halsey Power Plant in ''Pacific Service
By J. P. Jollyinan, Engineer of Electrical Construction
?9
HALSEY powerhouse was put into
service for the first time at 12:25
p. ni., December 6th, when Mr. F. S. Myr-
tle closed the switch connecting the phmt
with the Drum-Cordelia line.
Halsey powerhouse is one of the units
of the South Yuba-Bear River project,
the construction of which was started in
1912. In 1913, Lake Spaulding dam and
Drum powerhouse were completed and
put in service, together with the tower
line to Cordelia and Cordelia substation.
At the same time work was started on
the Halsey and Wise projects. The Bear
River canal was enlarged from its intake
near Colfax to a point near Clipper Gap.
Late in the fall of 1915 work was re-
sumed on the waterw^ays of the Halsey
and Wise projects and the construction
of the plants was started early in 1916.
Halsey power plant represents the lat-
est ideas in the efficient development of
hydro-electric power. Halsey is note-
worthy for the simplicity of its arrange-
ment and for the small amount of space
within which its 16,750 horsepower has
been assembled. Each part of its equip-
ment has been the subject of many years
of study and improvement.
The progress of a comparatively few
years is strikingly illustrated by a com-
parison with our Colgate plant, which
has about the same installed capacity but
which is nearly three time as long. Col-
gate has seven generators, Halsey has one.
Halsey sends out its power at 120,000
volts, Colgate at 60,000 volts, and the
higher voltage requires much more room
for each unit of equipment.
The water received at Halsey from the
penstock under a head of 315 feet is con-
veyed to two Francis type turbines of
9000 horsepower each. This type of tur-
bine is the invention of an American hy-
draulic engineer, Mr, J. B. Francis. R
has been developed by American and for-
eign engineers and is today the most effi-
cient type of Avater wheel for heads up
to 700 feet. "Pacific Service" did much
to encourage the development of this type
Halsey power house. No. 4 of the South Yuha-Bcar River development, recently added
to the "Pacific Service" system.
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Group of "Pacific Service" men who were present sslit-n iht- .^vsitcli was closed that connected
Halsey power plant with the Drum-Cordelia line. Reading from left to right: Messrs.
E. M. Whipple, G. C. Green, Geo. H. Bragg, D. \V. Rathburn, P. M. Downing, R. A.
Munroe, F. S. Myrtle, J. P. Jollyman, C. R. Gill, H. C. Vensano, W. C. Finely.
of turbine for high heads when it pur-
cha.sed the turbine for its Centerville
plant in 1906. The turbines at Halsey
embody many important features worked
out at Centerville.
The 12,500 k. w. generator is of the
most modern type. It is completely en-
closed, thoroughly ventilated and rug-
gedly constructed to withstand without
injury years of strenuous service. The
three 4250-k. w. transformers which raise
the voltage from G600 to 120,000 have
been constructed and installed with the
greatest of care. Similar transformers
have a record of perfect service at Drum
for over three years.
The 120,000-volt switches are of the
company's own design and manufacture.
Here again progress is strikingly illus-
trated. The first switches of this type
were built for 60,000 volts and contained
about 20 gallons of oil per unit. The
latest hold 800 gallons of oil and are
suitable for 125,000 volts.
The machinery is enclosed within a
beautiful and appropriate building, set
on the edge of the little lake called the
afterbay, and surrounded by the ever-
green forest. Halsey powerhouse is a
picture whirli the travelers over the near-
by Lincoln Highway and the overland
route of the Southern Pacific will long
remember.
The South Yuba-Bear Valley develop-
ment, of which the Halsey plant is an
integral part, not only represents the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company's most
modern extension of an already compre-
hensive system but possesses features that
have attracted the attention of the entire
engineering world.
The idea of damming the waters of the
South Yuba at Lake Spaulding presented
itself to the brains of the company's en-
gineers as early as 1905, and the original
survey was made in the following year.
The plans of the engineers called for the
diversion of water from the South Yuba
at the dam through tunnel and ditch into
Bear Valley, and for the construction of
a powerhouse in the Bear River gorge
some nine miles below Lake Spaulding at
a point where a head of 1375 feet was
obtainable. From this it was proposed
to utilize the water after its release into
Hear River several times over in its course
through mountain and valley down to a
point below Auburn, some forty-seven
miles below. The fall of the water be-
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245
tween the two points being, approxi-
mately, 4500 feet, it was found possible
to survey sites for a chain of no less
than six power developments in all.
The first of these was the plant in the
Bear River gorge, named the Drum plant,
after Mr. Frank G. Drum, the president
of our company. There the contemplated
installation was of 67,000 horsepower.
Next in order were sites at Gold Run and
Colfax, the latter near the point where
the waters from Drum ditch pour into
the Bear River canal at its intake. A
fourth power site was marked in Chris-
tian Valley, near Clipper Gap and ad-
jacent to two of the company's storage
reservoirs, Lakes Theodore and Arthur.
The fifth was charted in Auburn Ravine,
about a mile below the city of Auburn,
and the sixth at a point farther down the
ravine in the direction of Newcastle. Al-
together the plans called for an aggregate
development of something like 160,000
horsepower to be placed at the disposal
of consumers of "Pacific Service."
The 1906 disaster and the troubles that
followed caused the execution of this
great project to be temporarily aban-
doned. It was not until July, 1912, that,
the permission of the California State
Railroad Commission having been ob-
tained, a start was made. The dam at
Lake Spaulding and the Drum plant in
connection with it constituted the first
work to be undertaken, and on Thanks-
giving Day, 1913, Vice-President and Gen-
eral Manager John A. Britton closed the
switch which tied in the Drum plant with
"Pacific Service" and sent 33,000 horse-
power of electric energy humming over
the wires from the newly constructed
powerhouse in the Bear River gorge to
the company's main high-tension distrib-
uting station at Cordelia, one hundred
and ten miles away.
Developments 4 and 5 were next taken
up and the work of tunnel and ditch en-
tered upon. Circumstances then arose to
prevent further development work until
two years later. The actual construction
of these plants began last spring, and now
Number 4 is in operation, while Num-
ber 5 is expected to follow suit almost
immediately. It is a matter of general in-
terest that the management decided to
name Number 4 the N. W. Halsey plant,
in memory of the well-known New York
financier, who was himself a director of
our company, and whose firm handled
"Pacific Service" securities for many
years. There is sentiment even in busi-
ness, and surely nothing more fitting and
appropriate was ever done than in this
practical way to honor the memory of
one who was ever a friend to "Pacific
Service" and who watched its progress
with an appreciative eye. It is to be re-
gretted that our Mr. Britton's state of
health did not permit him to perform
the ceremony of pulling the switch that
formally tied the Halsey plant in with
the "Pacific Service" system. Though
absent from the scene, however, Mr. Brit-
ton was able to be at his desk that day,
and upon receipt of the message an-
nouncing that the new plant had been
put in operation he immediately sent the
following telegraphic dispatch to Mr.
Ralph Halsey, son of the late Mr. N. W.
Halsey :
"San Francisco, Dec. 5, 1916.
"Ralph W. Halsey,
55 Wall Street, New York.
"It will interest you to know that the
Halsey power plant of the Drum system
was paralleled with the lines of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company at twelve
twenty-five p. m. today and is now doing
its part in maintaining 'Pacific Service.'
John A. Britton."
In due course the following answer
came over the wires from New York:
"John A. Britton,
Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
San Francisco, California.
"Am very happy to know that Halsey
power plant is in operation and hope
that it will be as faithful in the perform-
ance of its duty as was N. W. Halsey to
the welfare of the Pacific Company. I
appreciate greatly your message.
Ralph W. Halsey,"
New York."
— F. S. M.
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Pacific Service Magazine
Scenes during Spaulding survey In 190C. 1, Ilcpner's headquarters; 2, log-jam in foreground,
spillway site in background; 3, en route to work; 4, our home covered by the
"beautiful"; 5, the big tunnel flume in South Yuba canyon.
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247
The Original Survey of the Lake
Spaulding Project
By PAUL E. MAGERSTADT
The following description of the preliminary investigation of the territory now covered
by the South Yuba-Bear River development was prepared by Mr. Paul E. Magerstadt, at
that time an engineer in the employ of our company and engaged on the construction staff
at Lake Spaulding. It has to do with the survey made under the direction of Mr. James
11. ^\■ise, who started the Spaulding-Drum construction work and was in charge of it at
the time he met his untimely death in September, 1912. The story comes in most oppor-
tunely, for "Pacific Service" is about to announce the completion of its James H. Wise
power plant, one of the latest developments in the South Yuba-Bear River system, and
through which the memory of our beloved young engineer will be perpetuated.
Editor Pacific Service Magazine.
"A survey goeth before construction
And a power plant before a fall."
IN San Francisco it has been customary
to date all events from the great catas-
trophe of April 18, 1906. This custom is
particularly appropriate in connection
with the great Lake Spaulding project, for
it was in the early spring of 1906 that
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had
just finished the reconstruction of the
Hendricks Canal and was engaged in re-
constructing the Centerville Canal and
power house, when the memorable catas-
trophe took place which, for a time at
least, put an end to all construction work.
Every one was, of course, a bit dis-
consolate at the prospect and it was wel-
come news indeed when our dearly be-
loved chief, "Jim" Wise, dropped in on
the scene and informed us that one field
party would be retained and would re-
port at once at Emigrant Gap to make a
survey of the Lake Spaulding reservoir
and dam site. We had often heard Mr.
Wise speak of Spaulding and the great
development work the company would
probably undertake at some future date,
but at that time we had no adequate con-
ception of the size of the undertaking.
On May 1, 1906, our little party, com-
posed of Messrs. Edwin M. Whipple, M. S.
Millard, Sam J. de Long and the writer,
under the leadership and guidance of Mr.
Wise, dropped off the train at Emigrant
Gap in the wee sma' hours of the morn-
ing. We found ourselves in the snow-
slicds, through the openings of which we
saw the ground was still covered with
snow, for it was a late season, and, as we
were made aware later, we had snow-
storms to contend with for a full month
before old "Sol" finally attained the su-
premacy and sent down his rays in grate-
ful profusion.
We were met by Mr. French, who for
generations had been ditch-tender for the
South Yuba Water Company. (Since the
time of which I write he has joined the
great majority.) He met us with a team,
and after a breakfast at Allen's Hotel we
all piled aboard and started from the sta-
tion to the Gap on the Bear Valley road.
At the summit we beheld that beauti-
ful sight which caused old "Uncle" John
Spaulding to stop his team and admire;
but with this difference, that instead of
the marvelous carpet of green over the
beautiful Bear Valley meadow, we saw
an equally beautiful mantle of white
glistening in the morning sun, for a foot
of the "beautiful," as it is so aptly called,
still lay on the ground.
We traveled over the snow down the
precarious cliff roads, around the fa-
mous horsehoe bend, and in a short time
our team brought us safely to a small
cluster of buildings at the head of Bear
Valley, the headquarters of Mr. French
and his assistant, Mr. Hepner. Here we
were shown our quarters — for this was
to be our home for the next few months
— and after stowing away our luggage
and appropriating an old schoolhouse
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for a drafting room \vc were ready for
action.
Mr. Wise suggested a little reconnais-
sance over the country that would be the
scene of our endeavor for the summer.
So we climbed up on the main or big
tunnel flume which we learned had been
built by the hardy old-timers away
back in the early fifties and was
still in use furnishing water for Ne-
vada City, Grass Valley, for Deer
Creek power house, and for various
mines. This held our attention for
some time, especially when we were
told that some of the old flume with
its split cedar timber posts, caps and
sills had not been replaced for over
thirty years. Today we avoid flume
construction wherever possible, and
when we are forced to use such con-
struction, are satisfied if we obtain
a life of ten years from such a struc-
ture. This was a remarkable exam-
ple of the thoroughness of the old
pioneers, in the excellence of their
workmanship and their careful se-
lection of material. To make this
more wonderful, I might add that
on going over the scene seven years
later I observed most of this orig-
inal flume still in service with the
same posts, caps and sills still in
place.
To get back to our subject, how-
ever. Following up the flume,
which was picturesque at the start
and presented changes at every
turn, we entered the gorge of the
South Yuba. Bare, rugged, granite
cliffs, hundreds of feet in height,
forming a narrow canyon from fifty
to a hundred feet wide. Any lo-
cation in this canyon would have
made a most excellent dam site; and so
when Mr. Wise bade us be patient and
wait and see that which we were to sec,
wc began to realize we had something
worth while in store. And so, indeed, it
proved.
After proceeding about two miles up
the flume, which hung like a huge ser-
pent on the south wall of the canyon, giv-
ing its mute testimony to the hardihood,
temerity and zeal of those pioneer con-
struction men, we came to the gate-house
at the head of the flume. Here the can-
yon was spanned by a small concrete
dam some forty feet in height which di-
Looking down stream at site of Lake
Spaulding dam.
verted the water of the South Yuba into
the flume. At this point w^e were con-
fronted by stark, staring cliffs, and it
was not clear how we were to proceed.
However, Mr. Wise in the lead pointed
out a series of ladders set in a crevice of
the cliff, up which we climbed about a
hundred feet, until we stood on a narrow,
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249
overgrown mountain trail, so indistinct
that were it not for the trail guides (sev-
eral rocks placed one on top of the
other) it would have been impossible to
keep to it. This point on the trail is
where the portal of the adit tunnel is now
located, but the construction scars have
so altered the topography and changed
the scenery that it is now unrecognizable.
After a ten-minute walk on the trail
we came to our goal, for we stood on
the cliff above the dam-site. I will not
attempt to describe the sight, for the
magazine has made this familiar to all.
However, what we saw held us speech-
less, for here Nature had made all the
settings for one of the most spectacular
undertakings in the world, and it only
remained for man to collaborate, and
do his share to make the picture a per-
fect whole. This we realized as we
silently gazed at the grand sight, and
we were glad — glad that it fell to our
lot to be connected with the work that
was to be, and that we would put in the
first licks on the job.
After getting our fill of the dam-site
we followed up the trail to the lake, and
thence up to the old Burace and Smart
sawmill, which was still in operation at
that time. Here we met Evan Magnuson,
lake-tender at Spaulding, the same smil-
ing and obliging Evan that you have
learned to know through your visits to
Spaulding in person, or through Pacific
Skhvice Magazine. We made arrange-
ments with Magnuson for the use of
boats in surveying the reservoir site;
then, as the day was well advanced, we
took the back trail to our quarters.
We all loved "Jim" Wise and his sunny
ways, his ready appreciation of the ef-
forts of his men, with a slap on the
back and a "bravo, fine!" when every-
thing was right, inspiring his subordi-
nates with some of his own indefatigable
zeal and enthusiasm and giving them
energy for greater efforts. And when
everything was not so well, his ready
encouragement and helping hand w^as
always extended to assist the delinquent.
Never impatient, always even-tempered
and just, with the welfare and advance-
ment of his men always in his mind, is
it any wonder that "Jim" was our idol
and that everyone worked in perfect
hjirmony under his rule? With such an
incentive everyone worked like a Trojan
and gave the best he had in him, and it
is a pleasant recollection we cherish, that
"Jim" had naught but praise for our
efl'orts on the Spaulding development.
He, having outlined our w'ork for us,
left on the train the next morning and
we proceeded to make the survey. Our
daily work soon became routine in char-
acter. Each day we had those two miles
up the flume and back again to hike to
and from work. Often it was five miles
to and from work, but as in this kind
of work we walk all day, we were well
hardened and used to it and didn't mind
these jaunts at all. During the month of
May we were delayed by a succession of
snowstorms which extended well into
the month of June. When these were
not too severe we worked as usual, for
no ordinary storm ever kept us out of
harness. We have just put in a year of
construction work, and during that year
it is of record we did not miss a single
day for holidays, Sundays, rain, snow or
shine. In the preliminary work of
which I write, however, we found some
storms that would and did stop us, so
we had several holidays, which we took
advantage of in the lull of the storms to
practice skiing or to start an impromptu
snowball fight.
During May we ran our preliminary
levels, traversed the reservoir site and
made a complete topographical survey
of the dam-site. Some of the readers of
Pacific Service Magazine who visited
Spaulding this year probably found it
difficult, even with the aid of the con-
struction stairways and ladders, to gain
the bottom at the river bed. In survey-
ing these cliffs every foot had to be gone
over by a rodman, and it is a fact that
only on a single day did we use a rope
for a few hours. Sam de Long, one of
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More survey scenes. 6, Spillway at old Spaulding dam; 7, surveyor's home as it looked
in May, 1906; 8, big tunnel flume after a storm; 9, snow-plowing the walk plank
on the big tunnel canal; 10, the trail at the site of the present adit tunnel.
Pacific Service Magazine
251
our rodmen, was a veritable human ily,
and the manner in which he would trav-
erse a vertical clifl with but the merest
crevice for a hand or foot-hold, would
shame some of the best Alpine climbers.
It was a dangerous undertaking, but for-
tunately all went well and no accidents
occurred.
We kept three men in the field and
one man in the drafting room, alter-
nating the men so as to relieve the mo-
notony. During June and until the mid-
dle of July, at which time the weather
turned decidedly hot, we worked on a
stadia topographic survey of the reser-
voir site. About every three weeks Mr.
Wise would visit us and spend a day in
the field and office with a pleasant word
and smile to everyone, leave a few ad-
ditional instructions or, perhaps, suggest
some changes here or there, and would
be gone again, leaving everyone glad
that he had come, feeling a fresh in-
centive for work and anxious to hit the
ball harder and harder.
This not being a rush construction job
we had our Sundays free, and we made
good use of them, exploring the sur-
rounding country or fishing in the South
Yuba, which we found to be bully good
sport for the fish were biting fine.
About the middle of July we finished
the Spaulding job, then after a two
weeks' survey of the Bear Valley reser-
voir and dam-site we pulled camp and
surveyed around Towle and Gold Run
for the rest of the summer.
As this is being written the "Big Job"
is an accomplished fact, the dam is com-
plete, the reservoir is storing water, the
Drum power-house is grinding out the
juice and the Drum-Cordelia transmis-
sion line is whisking it along to the Cor-
delia substation and from thence to the
busy marts of trade. The task is done.
To Mr. Whipple and myself there is a
certain satisfaction that it so happened
that we were on the ground at both the
inception and completion of the Spauld-
ing development.
Man-Power, Horsepower, Electric-Power
To produce the result in work equal
to one horsepower (a good, strong
horse can do about two-thirds horse-
power) requires the eff'orts of three strong
men, and for three eight-hour shifts there
would be required nine men. At the
usual wage rate of about $2.25 per day
this would be at a cost per horsepower
day of about $20, or a cost of $7300 per
horsepower per year.
To do the work of one horsepower by
using horses instead of men will cost ap-
proximately one-tenth the above amount
or $2 per day and $730 per year. Cost
of one horse-day assumed equal to 50
cents.
To do the work of one horsepower us-
ing electric power at 1.1 cents per k. w.
hour will cost $72.30 per year, or about
one-tenth the cost of the work when
done by horses and about 1 per cent of
the cost of man-power.
The above shows in dollars the ap-
proximate relative economy of doing
work in three ways, but the figures take
no account of the fact that human power
and animal power cannot be organized
as can electrical and mechanical power
to produce a steady and large output.
When this fact of speed and output is
taken into account in the relative value
of human or animal power compared to
electrical and mechanical power it illus-
trates how rich a man would be with 100
horsepower at his disposal, at a rate of
1.1 cents per k. w. hour, compared to the
man who tried to do the same work with
1000 slaves, working for no pay whatso-
ever. F. G. B.
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How America's Electrical Week Was
Celebrated in Our Section
of California
By FREDERICK S. MYRTLE
A MERICA'S Electrical Week, December
/\ 2d to 9th, was celebrated through-
out California in fitting style. True, there
was no Statue of Liberty to set ablaze
with light, but other ways were found of
making felt the ubiquitous spell of the
genie Electricity; in addition to which
we had the consolation of reflecting that
it was at our Panama-Pacific Flxposition
of beloved memory that flood lighting
received its most spectacular test that
sealed its fame.
Electrical displays and demonstrations
were given in most large cities and towns
throughout the State. Our "Pacific Serv-
ice" territory was well to the fore in this,
for the week was strikingly celebrated in
San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San
Jose, Fresno and Stockton. Of course,
the celebration in the Western metropolis
outshone the others. It was in the nature
of a gala festival which opened on Satur-
day, December 2d, and endured until the
close of the following week with an ever-
interesting program of luncheons and lec-
tures, dinners and dances, and other fit-
ting observances.
The touch of a button by Railroad Com-
missioner Devlin opened San Francisco's
big electric show on opening night in the
ballroom of the Palace Hotel. Fully
twenty-five hundred people were present.
At the pressure of the button a strong
searchlight was thrown upon Old Glory
rippling in an electric fan-created breeze,
while in another i)art of the room a tall
Christmas tree burst into radiant efful-
gence. The fiag was then raised with
appropriate ceremony by men of Califor-
nia's National Guard. Commissioner Dev-
lin addressed the throng before him.
"It is right," he said, "that such a sci-
ence as is represented here tonight should
be given publicity throughout the world.
It is a matter for pride that a third of the
electricity generated in the United States
is generated in the eight Pacific States
which contain less than one-sixth of the
total population. We are here at this
opening to show the world that Califor-
nia is awake."
Then followed an entertainment pro-
gram of song and dance, presided over
by Mr. Earl Fisher of "Pacific Service."
Many, of course, took in the exhibit,
which lined the walls of the long room.
There was displayed every species of
electric device, those that received the
greatest amount of attention being the
electric range and the electric sewing
machine, the latter a portable affair that
can be adjusted to any table. The ex-
hibit was open all week, and from the
daily attendance the committee in charge
have reason to feel that their labor was
not in vain. The committee of arrange-
ments was headed by Mr. John A. Brit-
ton, who had with him Messrs. S. V.
W^alton, James \\. Redpath, Carl E. Heise,
F. H. Leggett, W. W. Briggs, Dr. Thomas
Addison, W. L. Goodwin, C. L. Chamblin,
T. E. Bibbins, Paul C. Butte, E. B. Strong,
M. L. Scoby, H. V. Carter, L. H. Newbert,
R. M. Alvord and Robert Newton Lynch.
Mr. A. H. Halloran managed the electrical
campaign, and the writer undertook the
dissemination of publicity matter in con-
nection therewith.
So much for electrical week so far as
concerned its outward features. But there
were gatherings held during the week
that were of more than ordinary import-
ance by reason of the addresses made
thereat. A noteworthy feature was the
luncheon held at the Commercial Club on
Tuesday, December 5th, under the joint
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auspices of the San Francisco Chamber
of (>onimerce and the Electrical Develop-
ment and Jovian League. Mr. Frederick
J. Koster, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, presided, and his address was
full of significance to the electric indus-
try throughout the country. In the course
of this, Mr. Koster said:
"I have information to the effect that
the electrical industry of the United
States, in light and power plants, electric
railways, telephones and telegraphs, rep-
resents an investment of over ten thou-
sand million dollars; and beyond that,
and what is of equal importance, it rep-
resents one of the most important ele-
ments in human economy and touching
the daily life of everyone through the
agency of the great public utilities ren-
dering this important service to the
public.
"It is important that we should thor-
oughly appreciate what it means to us,
individually, that these great utility or-
ganizations be afforded every reasonable
opportunity for their highest develop-
ment. It is important that the public at-
titude be so molded that they be not un-
necessarily hampered by legislative re-
strictions, and I would make a strong
plea for a change in public sentiment to
the end that public regulation may take
on a character rather stimulative than
restrictive.
"I know something of the spirit of a
number of those in control of the larger
utility corporations, and I appreciate
fully the fact that they are doing their
utmost to correct the mistakes of their
predecessors — that there is being substi-
tuted for an attitude of exploitation that
of service to the public. Outstanding
among these leaders is our friend, John
A. Britton, a man of the highest ideals,
a great organizer, a developer of men,
and in the highest sense a public servant.
It is my understanding that the observ-
ance of America's Electrical Week has
for its purpose not only arousing a
greater interest in electrical devices and
bringing about a realization that the use
of electricity is becoming indispensable,
but because of this the awakening in the
public generally of an appreciation of
the fact that in order to provide itself
with the best possible service in this di-
rection it must bear toward the great
utility corporations furnishing this serv-
ice an attitude of good-will and prevent
hampering and retarding them with un-
necessary restrictive legislation.
"Electricity is perhaps the one com-
modity which has not increased in price
during the past twenty years. On the
contrary, its cost to the consumer has
steadily decreased. This has been made
possible by higher efTiciency in genera-
tion and the longer hours during which
current is put to use. The tremendous
advance in electrical utilization has been
made possible only by combined efforts
of scientists, engineers and financiers
during the past twenty years."
Another speaker at this luncheon was
Mr. A. B. C. Dohrmann, a merchant who
in the course of everyday business is
familiar with the selling end of the elec-
trical industry. He directed his remarks
to "co-operation," and offered some ad-
vice of a decidedly wholesome character.
For instance:
"The thing that appeals to us most re-
garding this electrical week, which is be-
ing held today in over three hundred
cities and towns in the United States and
is being advertised to practically the en-
tire population of the United States, is its
wonderful lesson in co-operation. * * *
"A good manufacturer or a good mer-
chant need not fear the competitor who
is making money. All the troubles of
business come from the business man
who loses money and thereby causes a
loss of money to his competitors. * * *
"One of the very important things is
not to be afraid to tell your competitor
about your business. The more you tell
him and the more he tells you, the quicker
you will both come to run your business
right. • * *
"Do not imagine you hold any wonder-
ful secrets in how to do business. Most
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of the fuiulameiital things are thoroughly
well understood by the majority of your
competitors."
At a luncheon held the same day un-
der the auspices of the Rotary Club, Dr.
Tiiomas Addison, Pacific Coast manager
of the General Electric Company, spoke
on "Electricity Twenty-five Years Ago
and Now." Through a paper headed
"California and Electricity," Dr. Addi-
son's personal contribution to the wide-
spread literature in connection with Elec-
trical Week, we were pleased to have the
information go out that the individual
Californian on the aveiage uses elec-
tricity more generally than the people of
our other states.
"The evidence of this condition we see
on every side," wrote Dr. Addison. "It
is confirmed by the large sale of electric
lights, electric appliances, electric ranges
and machinery which are used about the
home and farm. Our poorest people have
electricity in their homes, a condition
not to be found elsewhere. That a very
large percentage of Californian homes are
using electrical appliances is evidenced
by the following tabulation of approxi-
mate annual sales:
"Electric irons, 17,000 yearly; electric
toasters, 2700; electric percolators, tea
pots, etc., 6700; portable electric vacuum
cleaners, 5500; electric washing ma-
chines, 5000; electric ranges, probably
1500 next year. Little motors are pur-
chased for driving sewing machines, etc."
On Wednesday, December 6th, the San
Francisco Ad Club and the Downtown
Association held a joint luncheon at the
Palace. Mr. George C. Holberton, man-
ager of our San Francisco District in "Pa-
cific Service," was the principal speaker,
his text being "What stands behind the
electric switch." lie claimed for the
metropolis of the West the most efiicient
energy transmission systems in the world,
and he congratulated the public utilities
of California upon a marked change in
the attitude of the public toward their
enterprise. On the subject of electricity
generally Mr. Holberton predicted a tre-
mendous advance in the next few years,
even to the electrification of all the steam
railroads in the United States. He said:
"It has been found that an electric
locomotive has about five times the power
of the steam locomotive, has less bulk
and considerably more running power
and radius. It is also considerably less
expensive to operate."
Mr. Holberton pointed to the jitney bus
as the beginning of a new transmission
idea which will develop into a trackless
and trolleyless electric-driven vehicle for
passenger transportation.
There were several other luncheons
and gatherings of various descriptions
held during the week, all playing their
part in the electric campaign. Besides,
there were lectures in the public schools.
Our Mr. John A. Britton was prevented
by illness from attending any of these
gatherings, but he contributed a valuable
message to the campaign literature of the
week. To quote :
"Electricity first became a factor com-
mercially in the year 1879, and while at
intervals, beginning in 1900 until the
present time, its utilization for purposes
other than lighting was made a matter
of practical commercial fact, it has only
been within the past few years that ap- |
pliances worthy of the name have been
placed upon the market. The comparison
between the slow strides made in devel-
opment by artificial gas as compared
with the rapid progress of electricity,
may be attributed to the larger incentive
of use occasioned by the improvement in
gas appliances in the latter part of the
nineteenth century.
"What now lies before the man elec-
trically for the proper introduction of
responsible and economic apparatus is
real salesmanship. The lack for nearly
one hundred years of the development of
gas for practical purposes was due to
the fact that the gas men of old waited
for business to come to them and never
actively took the field in search of it.
That same lethargy invaded somewhat the
electrical field, although the spirit of com-
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petition between gas and electricity in its
initial stages developed more traits in
salesmanship among electrical companies
than it did among the gas companies.
The non-participation by manufacturing
companies initially in the burdens car-
ried by the distributing companies was
also responsible in the past for the slow
strides made by both of these necessaries
of life. But in these days of keen com-
petition in all lines of business, the elec-
trical companies, both manufacturers and
distributors, must work in co-operation
in their sales efforts to produce the best
results.
"The field in California is especially
wide, where from the early days of the
introduction of hydro-electric energy the
people have been educated to the uses of
the energy for purposes other than light;
and in respect to the development of the
uses of hydro-electric energy a leaf may
be taken from the book of the Agricul-
tural Department of the University of
California, which through its farm ad-
visers and with its magnificent educa-
tional farm at Davis has accomplished
more than any other endeavor in assist-
ing the farmers of this State in the full
development of their lands.
"If the same spirit of co-operation with
the customers, present and prospective,
of electric companies in this State could
be engendered by a joint bureau com-
posed of representatives of manufactur-
ers and distributors, the greatest good
could be accomplished and larger use
engendered; and by such larger use a
greater probability of rates even lower
than are now given could reasonably be
expected.
"But after all, the true exponent of suc-
cess in the electrical field, as well as in
any other field of endeavor, must be
close contact between the ultimate con-
sumer and the manufacturer, producer
and distributor."
It will be seen, then, that America's
Electrical Week was one of unusual ac-
tivity in Northern California, and fur-
thermore, those who participated in its
various activities are satisfied that their
efforts were worth while.
The Ten Demandments
By a Wise
FIBST — Don't lie. It wastes my time and
yours. I am sure to catch you in the
end, and that will be the wrong end.
SECOND— Walch your work, not the
clock. A long day's work makes a long
day short, and a short day's work
makes my face long.
THIRD — Give me more than I expect, and
I will give you more than you expect.
I can afi"ord to increase your pay if
you increase my profits.
FOURTH — You owe so much to yourself,
you cannot afi'ord to owe anybody else.
Keep out of debt, or keep out of my
shops.
FIFTH — Dishonesty is never an accident.
Good men, like good women, never see
temptation when thev meet.
Employer
SIXTH — Mind your own business, and in
time you'll have a business of your
own to mind.
SEVENTH— Don't do anything here which
hurts your self-respect. An employee
who is willing to steal for me is will-
ing to steal from me.
EIGHTH — It is none of my business what
you do at night. But if dissipation af-
fects what you do the next day, and
you do half as much as I demand, you'll
last half as long as you hoped.
NINTH— Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear, but what I ought to hear. I don't
want a valet for my pride, but one for
mv purse.
TENTH— Don't kick if I kick. If you're
worth while correcting, you're worth
while keeping. I don't waste time cut-
ting specks out of rotten apples.
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M;ip of tin- Mount Whitney region. The black lines show route traversed by the Sierra C.lul).
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To The Top of Mount Whitney With
The Sierra Club
By C. H. DELANY, Electric Generating Department, San Francisco District
IT WAS my good fortune this suninier
to join the annual outing of the Sierra
Club on a trip through the beautiful Kern
River canjon, up to the top of Mount
Whitney and then over a portion of the
new John Muir trail, which has
lately opened up a pass connect-
ing the two watersheds of the
Kern and Kings rivers. The main
party, consisting of two hundred
people and more, spent the whole
month of July in this wonderful
mountain region, moving from
place to place, taking side trips
to the more interesting points
and enjoying swimming, fishing,
hiking and such other pleasures
of the out-of-doors as were avail-
able. Seven of us joined the main
party in the middle of July, and
so far had they gone from civili-
zation by that time that we spent
two and one-half days, after leaving the
village of Mineral King at the end of the
stage road, before we reached their camp.
A trip with the Sierra Club is in many
ways a unique experience. It is quite
luxurious compared to a private camping
party where you have to do all your own
cooking and dishwashing as well as look
after your own pack animals; but it is
far from luxurious when compared to
life at home. To begin with, owing to
the fact that all baggage has to be trans-
1)11 the summit of Mount Whitney
Arriving in camp at Crabtree Meadows tlie day
before tlie climb.
ported by mule back, each person is lim-
ited to thirty-five pounds, which includes
his bed as well as all extra clothing and
other essential articles. If more than this
is taken the extra weight must be carried
on one's own back. Consequently, neither
cots nor tents are taken, and even blan-
kets are too heavy, so one sleeps
on the ground under the stars
in a light sleeping bag made of
eiderdown or lamb's wool. On
days that camp is to be moved
an early start must be made, and
it is not uncommon to be called
at four o'clock in the morning
so that breakfast can be served,
the baggage weighed, and all the
camp paraphernalia packed on
the animals in time to start off
for the next camp.
The pack train, consisting of
seventy or eighty animals, is the
supreme consideration in all the
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movements of the club. The day's jour-
ney must not be too long for the animals,
the trails must not be too rough or too
steep for them, and, above all, the camp
site must be chosen where good feed is
available. Fortunately, the moun-
tains abound in beautiful green
meadows, so this last considera-
tion is not a diflicult one to meet.
It is quite an experience to start
off from camp after breakfast
carrying nothing but a light lunch
of hardtack and cheese, choco-
late and raisins, with, perhaps, a
camera or a fishing rod, and then
in the afternoon to arrive in camp
again twelve or fifteen miles away
and find your home already pre-
pared for you with no trouble or
responsibility on your part. All
you have to do is to stand in
line with your tin plate, cup and
spoon until your turn comes to be served
with a savory dinner, and then sit down
under a tree and satisfy your mountain
appetite. After dinner you are enter-
tained at the campfire by song and story
until you are ready to crawl into your
sleeping bag and test the softness of the
ground in your new location.
The day we reached the main party we
found them resting, preparatory to climb-
ing Mount Whitney, in a beautiful camp
at Junction Meadows at the upper end of
the Kern Canyon. The following day we
moved to Crabtree Meadow at the base of
Mount Whitney, where we camped for
the night at an elevation of 10,400 feet.
The next morning, the cheerful call,
"Everybody get up, get up," rang through
Looking back ul Mount Wliitncy the day after the climb.
Kearsarge Lake and Pinnacles. The last camp in
the mountains.
the air at half past three, and after eat-
ing a quick breakfast by moonlight we
started promptly at four fifteen up the
trail toward the summit of the highest
mountain in the country. Two parties
were formed, the first consisting of those
ardent hikers who are always anxious to
get there first, and the second a "safe and
sane" party who were not averse to stop-
ping now and then to catch their breath
and to enjoy the beauties of the passing
panorama. Each party had an able leader,
and our instructions were to follow along
in single file, and any who found
themselves unable to keep the
pace set were to drop out of line
so as not to delay those behind
them. Over a hundred and sev-
enty climbers reached the sum-
mit of Mount Whitney that day,
a record number for a single day.
The early ones began to arrive
about half past eight, and strag-
glers kept coming until after ten.
The late arrivals had the best of
it, for it was very cold at the
summit at first, and the sky was
threatening, so that those who
reached there carlv were advised
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to come down without delay. Later, how-
ever, the weather cleared, and a large
number spent an hour or two at the sum-
mit, watching the ever-changing lights
and shades on the many rugged peaks.
Mount Whitney is so surrounded by
other high mountains that it does not
tower above the surrounding country as
majestically as does Mount Shasta. Mount
Muir and Mount Langley to the south, and
Mount Russell, Mount Barnard Mount
Tyndall and Mount Williamson to the
north, are all over 14,000 feet high and
within a half dozen miles of Mount Whit-
ney, while many other peaks in the vicin-
ity add to the grandeur of the view from
the summit.
There is an excellent trail all the way
up Mount Whitney, except through the
so-called chimney, which is encountered
about half way up. Here one has to
scramble from rock to rock, making a
steep ascent by the aid of hands and feet.
It is not dangerous, however, except after
a storm when the rocks may be coated
with ice or snow. Above the chimney
there is a gradual slope with a good trail
all the way to the top. This is on the
west side. On the east side the mountain
breaks off sharp, a clear precipice thou-
sands of feet down to mountain lakes
and jagged rocks, and away in the dis-
tance Owens Valley and Owens Lake may
be seen ten thousand feet below.
Mount Whitney is 14,501 feet high ac-
cording to the United States Geological
Survey. At this altitude the atmosphere
is so rare that a cubic foot of air con-
tains only a little over half as much oxy-
The Kings-Kern River divide from near the head
of the Kings River.
Coming over Shepard Pass.
gen as it does at sea level. This rareness
of the atmosphere is soon felt when any
violent exertion is undertaken, and in
climbing the mountain deep breathing
must be practiced, so that slow progress
with frequent rests is generally
^H After the Whitney trip we still
had a week in the high moun-
tains, and the most important
event during this time was the
movement of the entire club over
the John Muir trail from the Kern
into the Kings country. This was
a remarkable trip, taking us over
two mountain passes, one at an
elevation of 12,000 feet and the
other a little over 13,000 feet.
Starting from near the foot of
Mount Tyndall the trail follows
up Tyndall Creek, one of the
tributaries of the Kern River,
waters
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until the creek dwindles down to a mere
trickle from a bank of snow, then over
the crest of the mountain range and down
Shepard Creek, on the cast side of the
mountain. At the junction of the north
and south forks of Shepard Creek
the trail turns upstream again
and continues clear up beyond
the source of the north fork and
over the second mountain pass to
the head of Center Basin, whence
the waters flow west into the
Kings River. The John Muir trail
was authorized by the last State
Legislature, and when completed
will run from Yosemite to Mount
^Vhitney along the crest of the
mountain range.
After a few days' rest at Vi-
dette Meadows, at the base of
Kearsarge Pinnacles, from which
point knapsack parties set out for
Mount Brewer and the beautiful Rae Lake
region, we moved up to the Kearsarge
Lakes for our last mountain camp. The
following day was a day of contrasts, for
after breakfasting in the cold dawn hud-
dled up to a campfire, in the midst of
wild and rugged mountains, we climbed
over the pass, dropped down nearly 8000
feet to the Owens Valley, and trudged
seven miles across the desert to the town
East VideUe from near BulU'rog Lake.
of Independence in the blazing sun of a
July afternoon. Here our last night in
camp was spent, and the next day a spe-
cial train brought us around the moun-
tains over which we had lately clambered.
A iiiiiuiiliiiii lake near the liiiil)er line.
Kearsarge Lake at sunrise.
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The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service
r»r>
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
WE present below statements of our gross business during the months of October
and November, 1916, during the eleven months ended November 30, 1916,
and during the twelve months ended November 30, 1916, compared with Hke periods
of the preceding year:
GROSS OPERATING REVENUE
Two Months — October and November
1916
1915
+ Increase
— Decrease
Normal Gross Operating Revenue
% 3,154,610
133
$ 3,111,862
71,736
+ $ 42,748
— 71.603
Derived from Contract with Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition
Total
$ 3,154,743
$ 3,183,598
— $ 28,855
Eleven Months — January 1 to November 30
1916
1915
+ Increase
— Decrease
Normal Gross Operating Revenue
Derived from Contract with Panama- Pacific Inter-
national Exposition
.116,935,510
10,861
$16,530,765
376,595
-1-$ 404,745
— 365,734
Total
$16,946,371
$16,907,360
+% 39,011
Twelve Months Ended November 30
1916
1915
-|- Increase
— Decrease
Normal Gross Operating Revenue
$18,543,674
25,638
$18,076,078
380,739
-1- $467, 596
— 355,101
Derived from Contract with Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition
Total
$18,569,312
$18,456,817
-f$112.495
Owing to pending adjustments, complete income account statements cannot be
presented until after the close of the year. The above statements of gross reve-
nues will, however, indicate that our business is growing at a satisfactory rate.
This growth is indicated in another way by the addition of 16,147 consumers to
our distribution system in the eleven months ended November 30, 1916, making a
total of 419,692 consumers being served on the latter date.
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While fH'oss operating revenues other than those derived directly from our con-
tract with the Panania-J^acific International Exposition Company for service within
the Exposition grounds increased by $404,745 in the eleven months to November 30,
lf)l(), this does not fully measure the growth of the normal — i.e., permanent —
business during this period, as a very considerable amount of temporary revenue
was also derived last year from the abnormal activity induced by the Exposition in
various lines of business outside of the Exposition grounds, such as hotels, cafes,
apartment houses, etc.
The following statements give a comparison of the gross operating revenues during
the eleven months ended November 30, 1916, compared with the same period of 1914
(the year preceding the Exposition) and in the month of November during each of
the past five years.
GROSS OPERATING REVENUE
Eleven Months — January 1 to November 30
1916
1914
-f-Increase
— Decrease
Normal Gross Operating Revenue
$16,935,510
10,861
$15,363,230
+ $1,572,280
Derived from Contract with Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition
-H 10,861
Total
$16,946,371
$15,363,230
-1- $1,583,141
Month of November 1912-1916 (incl.)
November, 1912 $1,304,754
1913 1,441,279
1914 1,443,235
*1915 1,586,474
♦1916 1,613,049
^Excluding Exposition revenue.
Statement of Consumers by Departments .
\.T November 30th
November
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
30th I
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
120,986
53,954
5,520
180.460
1008
130.288
61,513
5,745
197,546
1909
138,449
69,574
6,352
214,375
1910
151,339
81,806
6,701
239,846
1911
165,656
99,037
7,268
78
272,039
1912
195,773
116,081
7,951
206
320,011
1913
207,306
130,742
8,493
269
346,810
1914
219.446
147,342
9,007
325
376,120
1915
227,788
164,952
9,445
373
402,558
1916
231,749
177.677
9,869
397
419,692
(iain in 9 years
110,763
123,723
4,349
397
239,232
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Statement Showing Geographical Distrihution of the Company's
Share Capital at October 31, 1916
DIVISION
Number of
Holders
Shares
Par Value
Pacific Coast:
California
Outside of California
4,611
86
618
1,818
322
276,744
8,751
43,015
213,601
35,727
$27,674,419
875,103
4,301,502
21,360,115
3,572,701
Middle States
Eastern Coast
Foreign
Total
7,455*
577,838
$57,783,840
*Duplications due to ownership of more
than one class of stock by one person eliminated.
Statement of Capitalization and Percentage of Gross Earnings, Net
Earnings (before Depreciation) and Fixed Charges to such
Capitalization, Years 1912 to 1915, Inclusive
Years
Ended
December 31
1912
1913
1914
1915
Bonds
Outstanding
$75,898,800
75,485,800
75,056,300
76,172,800
Preferred
Stock
Outstanding
$10,000,000
10,000,000
18,801,300
22,206,200
Common
Stock
Outstanding
$31,998,750
32,109,300
32,109,300
34,035,858
Total
Capitalization
$117,897,550
117,595,100
125,966,900
132,414,858
Gross
Earnings
$14,744,651
16,202,337
17,220,503
18,944,180
Percentage
of Gross
Earnings to
Total
Capitalization
14.31%
13.77%
13.67%
14.30%
Years
Ended
December 31
Net
Earnings
Percentage of
Net Earnings
to Capitalization
Annual Interest
on All Bonds
Outstanding
December 31
Percentage
of Interest
Charges to
Net Earnings
Balance
1912
1913
1914
1915
$6,313,091
6,871,131
8,306,582
9,738,587
5.36%
5.84%
6.59%
7.35%
$3,795,110
3,776,315
3,754,900
3,810,965
60.12%
54.96%
45.20%
39.13%
$2,517,981
3,094,816
4,551,682
5,927,622
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to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol.. VI 11 DI'CKMHHH, l!)l(i No. 7
EDITORIAL
"Pacific Service" to its members, pa-
trf)ns and friends — Cireeting!
The years roll rapidly by, and might
pass almost unnoticed by many of us
whose minds are occupied by the cares
of everyday existence were it not for just
such breaks in the monotonous routine
as this joyous season of Yuletide. Christ-
mas confronts us, as it were, and witli
something like a shock we realize that
another page has been turned in the book
of life. It may strike us with a touch of
sadness, at lirst, but when we collect our
thoughts we travel over the years in ret-
rospect and in our mental vision behold
once more the scenes of our glad child-
hood that were identified with the yearly
coming of Santa Claus, play the old games
over again, feast, dance and make merry
in the good, old-fashioned way. And so
it comes to pass that we feel the old en-
thusiasm stir our hearts and, for the all-
loo-brief moment, we become children
again and join ciiildren in their merry-
making.
While the material joys of (Christmas
arc for the young, essentially, its religious
aspect appeals to maturer minds. Men
accci)t it as a time for casting up ac-
counts, for going over the record of the
past twelvemonth and for giving thanks
for the benefits that have come to them
<luring that period. And this year, as in
l)receding years, we have much to be
thankful for. We are far removed from
tile dread turmoil still raging across the
seas, and our land glows in the sunshine
of unusual prosperity. Our day is one
of opportunity, and we are not going to
let that opportunity elude our grasp. Our
horoscope has been cast, and it is written
in the Book of Fate that we shall take
high place among the great peoples of the
world. The sky is clear, and the omens
are i)ropitious. We should be ungrate-
ful, indeed, unmindful of the wealth of
favors that Providence is showering upon
us, if at this time we did not purge our
hearts and our senses of all that is sor-
did and unworthy and, with outstretched
hand and the smile upon lip that reflects
the warmth of fellowship in heart, join
our brother-mortals in sending out the
time-honored message, "On Earth Peace, j
Good Will Toward Men." I
We of "Pacific Service" may look back
with pride upon a twelvemonth of ac-
tivity and accomplishment. In the way
of construction work we have to record
improvements in all our departments of
service. Among notable engineering fea-
tures may be mentioned the raising of
Spaulding Dam to the 260-foot level and,
in connection therewith, the completion
of the Halsey and Wise power plants that
were included in the original survey of
our South Yuba-Bear River development.
The addition of thirty-five feet to the
great concrete structure that for the past
three years has stood as a monument to
"Pacific Service" enterprise has resulted
in increasing our water storage capacity
in the Sierra region by just 50 per cent.
Apart from the consideration of what this
means in electric power service to our
consumers there is cause for congratula-
tion in the prospect of so materially add-
ing to our resources in the department
of irrigation as to make farming in the
deciduous fruit region of the Sacramento
Valley an occupation of pleasure from
which all uncertainty regarding profit
shall have been removed.
The two new water-power plants whose
comi)k'lion we announce are both situ-
ated in the heart of the deciduous fruit
region referred to. The Halsey plant,
originally marked as No. 4 of the South
Yuba-Bear Biver development, is located
in (Christian Valley, near Clipper Gap. It
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was formally put in operation December
8th, when the closing of a switch added
10,750 horsepower to our electric dis-
tributing system. It is a modern plant
in every sense, and through its name
"Pacific Service" honors the memory of
the late Mr. N. W. Halsey. The Wise
plant. No. 5 of the South Yuba-Bear River
development, is located in Auburn Ra-
vine, near the city of that name. It has
not yet been connected with the system,
but that ceremony is scheduled for an
early date, when the aggregate of horse-
power at the disposal of our consumers
of electricity will be increased by an-
other 16,750. At the same time a lasting
monument will have been unveiled to the
memory of the brilliant young engineer
whose untimely death "Pacific Service"
will ever mourn.
On the financial side we have to record
the complete success of our plan of home
financing, described by our Eastern ad-
mirers as part-mutualization. It is a
feather in the cap of "Pacific Service"
as a home industry to be able to record
that out of 7328 stockholders, 4484 are
residents of California. It speaks for
confidence on the part of the public we
serve, for the establishment of those re-
lations of mutual esteem betw^een pro-
ducer and consumer that are essential to
complete commercial success in this age
of progress. That "Pacific Service" se-
curities are included in the list of those
accepted as collateral for the $250,000,000
loan made to the British Government
through J. P. Morgan & Co. is another in-
dication that in the world of finance our
house is regarded as founded upon rock.
So we may look upon the twelvemonth
that is past and feel that we have kept
step with the onward march. We are
grateful for the contidence that has been
reposed in us, and with a stout heart and
a bright eye we go forth to meet the New
Year that is at our door. Members, pa-
trons, friends of "Pacific Service," we
wisli you, one and all,
J^ Merry Christmas
,yi "^appy New Year
SERVICE BADGES FOR PENSIONERS
An appropriate ceremony in connec-
tion with this Yuletide season was the
presentation of service badges to all those
on the company's pension roll who were
retired before the management had
adopted the practice of awarding these
emblems of honor to all who had served
"Pacific Service" faithfully for periods of
ten years and upward.
In a previous issue of Pacific Service
Magazine the inauguration of this prac-
tice was described, and there was pub-
lished at the time a full list of our
employees to wdiom badges had been
awarded. To this list the following names
of the company's pensioners must be
added:
J. L. Allen, R. Alderson, S. P. Babcock,
John Cleave, W^m. B. Craig, O. E. Clark,
Meyer Davis, Antone DePauli, Zacheaus
Floyd, Jerry Kingston, David Matthews
Peter McGee, Bartholomew Murphy, Tim
Murphy, J. P. Oliver, G. B. Redmon, D. B.
Rickey, Michael Skelly, T. S. Thresher,
John Toland, Geo. J. Vincent.
The badge of honor was enclosed in a
congratulatory letter from Vice-President
and General Manager John A. Britton, ad-
dressed to each recipient.
Mr. Britton Himself Again
"Pacific Service," individually and
collectively, extends heartiest con-
gratulations to Mr. John A. Britton
upon his complete recovery from the
serious illness which held him pros-
trate during many anxious weeks.
It was a tough siege, but Mr. Brit-
ton's rugged constitution stood him
in good stead, and now he is with
us once more, as hearty as ever. It
feels good to have "the boss" around
again, and surely this is a fitting
season to celebrate his recovery.
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
The "Country Skule" at the Oakland home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith.
Alameda County District
The niember.s of the office force of the
Klectric Distribution Department were in-
vited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Smith in Broadmoor. We have had sev-
eral such parties in the past, all of a dig-
nified character, but due (we presume)
to the remote location of the Smith home
we were this time invited to attend a
"country skule" entertainment.
By collusion or otherwise, some of the
wits of the department decided to carry
out the invitation to the letter. Conse-
quently, arrangements were made to dress
as was our custom in the good old school
days, and we were instructed to meet at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. McCann
so that we might journey together to the
wilds of San Leandro and surprise the
Smiths in a body. Shortly after nine
o'clock the motley crowd of "school chil-
dren" burst in upon the unsuspecting
Smith household.
During the course of the evening many
pleasant memories were spent in partici-
pating in such old-time amusements as
spelling bees, composition writing, danc-
ing the Virginia reel, and doughnut eat-
ing. Mr. Brandt, after a very strenuous
competition in charge of School Trustee
Shuhaw, proved to be the star speller of
the occasion. In the Virginia reel, Mr. C.
Hiester showed his ability as an expert
terpsichorean.
The costuming in many instances was
quite unique. Mr. H. Abernethy made a
most excellent "hoot mon," while Mr. E.
G. McCann, with his most expert make-up
as a "Weary Willie," carried off the lau-
rels as if he was naturally meant for his
part.
The Berkeley employees held a dance
in the company's building on November
25th. It was Jack Tape's party and, in
his genial way, he made it informal. It
is generally a problem what to wear to a
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function, but happily nary a spike coat
showed up and only a few abbreviated
gowns. We rather thought George and
Gentis might come clad in white gloves
to give a little class to the Oakland con-
tingent. Gentis, w'ho is good at explain-
ing, demonstrated that such only go with
coats with a split train. Jack kept his
eyes on these two innocents as though
they were the Katzenjammer kids. How^-
ever, the music struck up and the dance
was on. "Pacific Service" boys, Keesling,
Stevens and Rosewaren, did the music
with honors. It even persuaded A. U.
Brandt to try, and with much effort he
seemingly danced. Jack Pape became
brave and waltzed to a one-step. There
were many fine dancers and, strange to
say, there were only a few ladies in
excess.
Jack Pape, always resourceful, sent out
a call to arms among the frats and
brought in a few eligibles. Billy Biers
was master of decorations. He was the
author of the posters announcing the
dance, and the emotional verse thereon
was alluring. Then, when it came to the
festooning of the hall, his artistic hand
showed a rare touch. He fashioned
flowers into a company circle with the
regulation triangle by making brilliant
scarlet geraniums for the circle and
greens for the triangle. In the center was
a white question mark. Why the ques-
tion? everyone asked. Pink lemonade was
served. Late in the evening the drums
gave a roll call, whereupon John Charles
Jordan proceeded in a speech to thank
the Berkeley hosts upon behalf of the
Oakland bunch for the enjoj'able even-
ing. J, C. Bowden and B. J. McCoy were
floor managers, with a reception com-
mittee of H. L. Traub and G. E. Earl,
Misses Alice Wooley, Hilda and Bee and
Viola Esmond, and Florence Lansing.
twins have a growing business because
orders are sure to duplicate.
Mr. R. H. Brunjes and Miss Ethel Schell-
has surprised us in a quiet wedding on
November 12th. We had been suspicious
of their engagement for some time, re-
gardless of their assurances of being but
good friends. Mr. Brunjes is a member
of the Commercial Department. Hosts of
friends join in congratulations.
Two sisters have opened a bakery in
the Bradley Building at Fourteenth and
Webster streets under the firm name of
The McNulty Twins. Dainty rolls and
superb pies are their specialty; all cooked
before you in an all-gas kitchen. The
The Cardinet Candy Company started
in a humble way down on Kirkham
Street. Quality made a name. That name
has now so grown as to demand a larger
and better factory. Lydia and Market
streets will be the new home. Here the
latest labor-saving and candy-perfecting
devices will be installed. Gas proves to
be the most efficient candy-making fuel.
Their name is pronounced "Card-i-nay,"
and the candy offered is pronounced so
good you can't say "nay."
On the evening of November 8th Miss
Maude Silvera and Miss Esther Burman
entertained a number of the young ladies
from the Oakland office at a brilliant
shower given in honor of Miss Ruth Bur-
man, who had just returned from an ex-
tended trip throughout the East, and after
which she announced her engagement to
Mr. Wm. Erickson of San Francisco. The
table was tastefully decorated with chrys-
anthemums set in a room banked with
potted ferns. The centerpiece for the
table was a beautiful doll dressed as a
bride with ribbons running to each plate
where smaller dolls represented brides-
maids. A very pleasant evening was en-
joyed by those present.
In the month of November there were
two hundred and thirty-one prospects of
opportunities for the company to do busi-
ness turned in by employees other than
those employed in the Commercial De-
partment. Those turning in the greater
number of suggestions where the com-
pany might obtain additional business
are classed as follows: Collection De-
partment, A. Gray and C. M. Gardner;
Gas Meter Department, R. Doan and J. J.
O'Brien; Electric Distribution Depart-
ment, C. M. Walk and L. D. Ticer; Berke-
ley, J. W. Amborn and A. White. The
departments rank in the order named.
Anon.
America's Electric Week was celebrated
in Oakland by the Rotary Club at its
meeting Thursday, December 7th, with
Mr. Frank A. Leach, Jr. district manager
of "Pacific Service," as chairman.
Mr. Leach said that the week was
opened in New York by flooding the
statute of Liberty with electric light and
the week was opened in Oakland by the
company flooding its building and some
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of the principnl buildings of Oakland,
likewise, with electric light. He outlined
the progress made in (California, stating
that at present there were eighty plants
with :)(l(t. (»()() iiorsepower against (i, 0(10, ()()()
developed in the L'nited States; with all
commodities rising in price, electric cur-
rent has been on a gradual reduction.
Oakland is an excellent example, with a
rate of 25 cents in 1890, 10 cents in 1900,
9 cents in 1910, and 7 cents at the present
time. Mr. Leach closed by reading the
following:
"America's Electrical Week holds in
store some new and needed thing for
every alert American. By the setting in
motion of the intricate machinery of
manufacturing; by the lighting of homes
and highways, playhouses and market
places; by the starting and operating of
the mechanism that drives the motor car
and electric elevator, that swings wide
the gates of great canals; by the manipu-
lating and control of battleships, whose
electrically operated guns and search-
lights make safe the trade avenues of the
sea, and protect the nation from inva-
sion; by the carrying of the human voice
undiminished across the distances of con-
tinent and ocean; by the advancement of
the cause of medical science through the
agency of the X-rays; by the speedy trans-
portation of man from one center of com-
merce to another; by the lessening and
simplifying of the household burdens of
woman, and in manifold and sundry
ways, this week will bear witness to all
the world that electricity's unceasing mis-
sion is to make all life better, brighter,
happier." G. B. F.
Marysville District
The world's greatest placer gold dredge
was launched November 2()th at Ham-
monton. this county, before a cheering
crowd that numbered almost 2000. Miss
IMioebe Bevan, daughter of Thomas Bevan
of Marysville. christened the mammoth
steel hull of the dredge as it slid from
the ways. The hull, costing .*^1.")0,000, is
t(» su|)port the .*500,000 gold dredge
which is to be known as Yuba No. 1(5.
The dredge is being built by the Yuba
Construction ('ompany of Marysville.
Motion picture men, representing five
large companies, were on hand to take
movies of the event. These pictures will
be shown in upward of 20.000 theaters
throughout the country as a part of
weeklv scenic news features. Despite the
threatening weather, the launching was a
great success. An hour before the launch-
ing one hundred and ten guests sat down
to a turkey dinner. Newton W. (Cleave-
land, vice-president of the Yuba Construc-
tion (>)mpany, was in charge of this fea-
ture. The Hammonton band furnished a
most enjoyable concert. Among the dis-
tinguished guests of the occasion were W.
B. Hammond, "dredge king" after whom
Hammonton is named, Newton W. (^leave-
land, and others. Mr. Hammond is presi-
dent of the Yuba Construction 0)mpany.
Yuba dredge No. Ki will be completed
and ready for work within a few months.
The "gold boat" is being built in the local
shops, which is a compliment to Marys-
ville.
I
Two of the strangest looking geese ever
seen in this State are mounted and on dis-
play at a local store. The geese, accord-
ing to the National Geographic Magazine
of the issue of August, 1915, and which
shows pictures in colors of the same
species of geese, are known as Emperor
geese and they are common only to a
very small area in Alaska. They were
killed near Gridley by J. Carus of Grid-
ley and brought to this city where they
were mounted. The birds are considered
very rare, especially in this latitude.
According to the National Geographic
Magazine, the Emperor goose has a lim-
ited area, ranging from the Aleutian Is-
lands to the Behring Strait. The Indians
of Alaska call this bird the "beach goose,"
because it feeds mostly along the beaches.
Ason Peake, a woodchopper who is cut-
ting driftwood along the Feather Biver
three miles from Marysville, recently
found thirty-five rattlesnakes coiled in
one mass. The snakes were numb with
cold and either almost dead from cold or
hibernating. It did not take Peake long
to kill them all.
One of the heaviest and earliest croi)s
of rice in the valley this season was
grown along the line of the Northern
Electric Bailway at Nicolaus, in Sutter
County, by J. N. ^Vatt of Sacramento and
his associates. There are about four hun-
dred acres in these fields, early Water-
burne seed being used. Tiie soil is a
reddish lo:im that works up and drains
readily. All of this land was irrigated
from four wells with pumping plants,
consisting of centrifugal pumps operated
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by electric motors using "Pacific Service"
and located on the highest elevations in
the fields. The pumps have a capacity of
one thousand gallons per minute each,
and the cost of operation was between
$7 and $8 per acre.
Many experienced rice growers who
were used to the adobe land and river
water for irrigation were skeptical as to
the success of this project, both on ac-
count of the loamy nature of the soil
and the method of irrigating from wells.
The results, however, have been most
gratifying to the owners and have con-
clusively proved that neither adobe land
nor river water are necessary for success.
The land was drained October 1st, but
due to earlv rains harvesting was de-
layed until October 24th. The crop aver-
aged fifty sacks to the acre and is of ex-
cellent quality.
pleasure addition to Marysville. He sug-
gested the value of shade trees along the
business and residential streets. He ad-
vocated shade trees of commercial value,
such as cherries and other fruit trees.
He declared against porches or wooden
awnings and said he believed Marysville
could be made more beautiful without
them. He did not "roast" Marysville. He
praised the city and told of the charming
location it hasi! of the splendid soil here-
about and of the air of business activity
and of prosperity.
J. E. POINGDESTKE.
The newly elected directors of Sutter
County passed a resolution endorsing the
proposed State highway from Nevada
Citv to Colusa via Marysville. It is the
object of the chamber to boost for this
cross-country road until the State High-
way Commission decides to construct the
highway. Other boost propositions that
will work to the good of Sutter County
are under consideration and great things
are expected from the next board of
directors.
The Northern California Teachers' As-
sociation was in session in Marysville this
month and there were about four hun-
dred teachers from the northern part of
the State in attendance. Excellent pro-
grams of professional topics as well as
lectures of general interest and musical
numbers were on the program. The
evenings were given over to the enter-
tainment of the teachers.
Declaring that the first thing that im-
pressed him in Marysville was the air of
activitv, of "pep," of the people of Marys-
ville, Bernard K. Maybeck, architect of
international fame, designer of the Pal-
ace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, pleased and instructed a fair-
sized audience at the Packard Library
this month. Mr. Maybeck did not adopt
the usual manner of' an artist coming to
a city to find fault. He found many things
about Marysville to praise. He found a
few things to condemn.
Tlie beautiful Ellis Lake, he declared,
could be made a most valuable scenic and
The following speaks for itself:
Marysville, Cal.,
November 2, 191G.
Mr. J. E. POINGDESTRE,
Manager Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
Marysville, Cal.
My Dear Poingdestre: — It was with
great pleasure that I noticed the article
you had in the Pacific Service Magazine
October issue, and I wish to congratulate
you on the excellent manner that you
wrote Yuba and Sutter counties up. This
is great publicity for our home city, as
the Pacific Service Magazine no doubt
goes to thousands of homes. I assure you
as Mavor of the city that I appreciate
this, and I wish to congratulate the com-
pany for having such an efficient man-
ager at the head of their company in our
city. Thanking you for the past favors
you have shown' the city of Marysville,
i beg to remain.
Yours truly,
Harry E. Hyde,
Mayor City of Marysville.
Napa District
Recent appropriations for Napa Dis-
trict include:
.f*17,500 for 11-k. V. line and submarine
cable to Mare Island with transformer in-
stallation to supply 1000 k. w. to the Navy
Yard.
.$335 for new lampblack separator and
tar well at Napa gas works.
><404 for a Ford automobile for tlie Gas
Department, replacing a horse and wagon,
$687 for a Venturi meter to measure the
total output of the Napa gas plant as well
as indicate the make per run and the rate
of make of the generator.
C. D. Clark.
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Redwood District
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Employees
Banquet
PROGRAM event PROVES DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR
Almost Two Hundred Attend the Festivities at
Masonic Temple Saturday Evening
BRITTON WRITES GREETINGS TO FESTIVITY
REVELERS
To the men and women of "Pacific Service" of
Redwood District, their families and friends:
Greetings from one of the workers, who would
esteem it an especial pleasure and favor if he
could personally tell you what he must convey by
proxy. , ,, ,
I have heard of the good work you all have
done to bring about this gathering, and by your
efforts you are adding one more link to that golden
chain which binds us closer in the relation of
friend and fellow.
After all, my friends, the greatest pleasure given
to us in this life, as we reflect when each day s
work is done, and the shades of night bring peace-
ful thoughts, the greatest pleasure, I say, is that
we have made a new friend, and kept intact those
we have already made — thus may we be able to
say, "This is the end of a perfect day"; so may
we always be able to say, "The friends thou hast
and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul
with hooks of steel." ^ ^,.
Such gatherings as this tonight make such things
possible, and cement more closely the bonds of
friendship, and you will realize it more closely
should you be brought to the verge of the grave,
and be snatched from it by the helping hands and
prayers of your friends.
"Paciflc Service" means much to you, 1 know,
and it does to me, for in it is intended to be exem-
plified all that is good and true; it stands for
honesty, fair dealing, respect for the rights ot
others, and it is up to you men and women to do
your utmost, as I feel you always have done and
will continue to do, to keep unsullied before the
world the reputation of our association of good
men and women and true.
God bless you and aid you in your work and
your home life, and may your days be those of
peace, health and happiness.
^ ' JOHN A. BRITTON.
The ninety-five employees of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company, Redwood
District, which comprises nearly the en-
tire San Mateo County, left nothing un-
done in the arrangements for the enter-
tainment, dance and banquet which they
gave Saturday night at the Masonic Hall
in San Mateo. The affair was a grand
success and exceedingly enjoyable to
their guests. Nearly two hundred were
present.
The evening's entertainment commenced
with carefully selected numbers which
included fancy dancing, vocal and piano
solos and a clever exhibition of sleight-
of-hand.
John A. Britton, Jr., of Oakland, and
son of the vice-president and general
manager of the company, rendered a few
favorite vocal selections and was accom-
panied by Van E. Britton. "Cousin Ca-
ruse," "Rose Marie" and "Mother Ma-
chree" were the three songs.
J. H. Watson, of the San Mateo office
of the Gas and Electric Company, made
a big hit with two Scotch songs, "I Love
a Lassie," and "Breakfast in Your Bed on
Sunday Morning." A bit of comedy was
also included.
Miss Elizabeth Basler, of San Mateo, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Basler,
rendered two piano solos. The accom-
plished pianist had no difficulty in add-
ing the author's touch and expression in
the two selections chosen by her, "Faust"
(fantasie brillante), and "Tears."
San Mateo's favorite baritone, Robert
Bonner, was not overlooked by the com-
mittee, as they desired their musical pro-
gram complete. The two solos rendered
by him were enjoyed, as were his num-
bers at other performances His son, Her-
bert, accompanied him on the piano.
One of the most enjoyable numbers on
the program was the minuet and Pav-
lowa gavotte by the San Mateo pupils of
Madame Morosini. Those taking part
were Wimmer Bonner, Grace Martin and
Lucelle Roechner (girls), Valeska Basler,
Elesa Walling and Barbara Breslauer
(boys).
The Hungarian czdar by the San Fran-
cisco pupils of the same instructor proved
to be another enjoyable number. Those
taking part were Mildred Koenig and
Ruth Bramstedt (girls) and Gladys Stick-
ney and Estelle Reed (boys).
Little Miss Barbara Breslauer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Breslauer of San
Mateo and pupil of Madame Morosini,
danced the Columbine toe dance with all
the grace that one could possess. Miss
Breslauer is one of the youngest pupils
of the class.
Miss Amelia Johnson, with her haughty
Castilian air, brought the audience back
to Spain when she danced the Spanish
dance.
O. J. Wanek, San Mateo's famous ma-
gician, mystified the audience with his
sleight-of-hand tricks.
The closing number of the program
was the garden dance, in which the fol-
lowing took part: Mildred Koenig, Ruth
Bramstedt, Gladys Stickney, Estelle Reed,
Marion Meyers.
A specal number on the program was a
solo by Mrs. Edith McConochie of San
Francisco.
An electrical and floral piece made to
represent the emblem of the company
was one of the decorative features of the
main hall. This revolved and presented
a very unique display.
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Dancing followed the entertainment,
and at midnight the party adjourned to
the han(iuet Jiall in the basement. The
decorations were palms, flowers and col-
ored electric lights.
E. W. Florence, the district manager,
acted as toastmaster. He called upon W.
T. Kellogg to read a letter from John A.
Hritfon, the vice-president and general
manager of the company, who was un-
able to be present on account of being
conlined to his home, where he is recup-
erating from a recent operation. After
the reading of the message the toastmas-
ter, speaking for the employees, asked
Mr. Kellogg to convey to Mr.' Britton in
person their appreciation and best wishes
in return.
Among the other speakers of the even-
ing were John A. Britton, Jr., Henry Eas-
ier, chairman of the committee of ar-
rangements, Hubert Knopf and A. P. Bell-
isle of the San Mateo Countv News.
An accordion selection, a favorite waltz,
was rendered by Mr. Prackner of Red-
wood City.
M. Stack, foreman of the gas plant
at Redwood City, who has been in the
service of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company for twenty-five years, was pre-
sented with a diamond pin. The presen-
tation speech was made by Mr. W. T.
Kellogg.
The members of the committee of ar-
rangements were Henry E. Basler, chair-
man, W. T. Kellogg, Giis Erickson, G. W.
Paige. Among those present were:
S.nn Mateo: Remi Aliamus, O. Budelich, Frod
Bas or, Dorothy Basler, Henry Basler, Elizal)eth
Basler, Kdward Basler, W. Bryggman, H. E. Bas-
ler, Mrs. H. E. Basler, Valeska Basler, R H Bet-
tencoiirt, H. L. Black, Mrs. H. L. Black, G. Brygg-
man A. P Bellisle, S. Breslaiier, Mrs. S. Breslauer,
Barl)ara Breslauer, Wininier Bonner, W. R. Cook
Mrs. W. B. Cook, T. Casey, C. A. Coggin, Mrs C \'
Coggin Bose Doyle, .1. Doyle, Marjorie Dollard,"
I'iv ;•;"',-'• ^;- -^- V""*^'"^' '^^■'"- •"'">• ^'"-s- ^vm.
I. ,V. V '■-'■"•kson, Don Florence, E. W. Florence
Mrs. W \. Fleming, Wm. G. Fleming, Daniel Gon-
Martin, Herbert I). Bonner. Ronald I). Coleman,
Mrs. ( A Douglas, Hazel Dingwell, .lack Greening,
Clias. McGinley, F. A. Miller, M. .1. Mulgrew, Henry
engel. (.eo. H. MolFatt, N. Moslier, H. M Mc-
Ivenna, H. Murray. Mrs. H. Murray. E. Martin, Mrs
K. Martin, Dayid Martin, C. M. Newhert, Mrs C
M Newhert I H. NeNvl.erl, C. NeNvton, Clarence
Old. Mrs. W. Old, L. c. o^en, Mrs. I.. G. Owen
Irank W. I'aul. Mrs. Frank Paul, Martin Power,
.loe IVdeck. G. W. Paige, R. W. Rigbv, Mrs. R W.
Bigl)v Raymond Righy, Steye Repoyicli, C. Russell
l.urille Roeckner, R. C. .Smoot, H. C. Stover A S
Sclunill Mrs. A. .Schmitl, .1. !•:. Sel.hem, T. w!
Sne I, Mrs. T. W. Snell, C. E. Shelton, Mrs. C. E
.Shellon. !•:. Geo. \V. Small, Peggy Smoot, .Mrs. Rus-
sell Smoot Geo Strofeld. Ray Williamson, Harley
\\atson O. J. Wanek, Mrs. O. J. Wanek, Dorothy
Mane NNanek, L. E. Walhert, J. H. Watson, Mrs
J. H. Watson, H. G. Von Oorschot.
AInvf h"'h ^1**'= «"• ^^J?• ^"J'**' Floyd Granger,
Alma H. Haaker, Harry W. Jamieson, W. T Kel-
logg, Mrs. W. T. Kellogg, Norma .lacol,us, A. Prack-
ner .M Stack, Ben Stafford, Mrs. Ben Stafford.
Leslie E. Sampson.
San Francisco: Miss G. .Stickney, Mrs. M. E.
\u'^ P'\ \'^''^- L. •'^V"'*''''^"^' ^^- S- Silvcrstone,
r \, xV ■'?''"«""' Madame Morosini, C. H. Molinc-
E. M. McConochie, Mrs. Koenig, Miss M. J. Koenig,
Bnunstedt. "' ^^'"'- «'-''"^'*t<'dt. Miss R.
Burlingame: Anna C. Maier, U. Bryggman, A
Larson, Mrs. A. Larson, Victor Williamson.
Menlo Park: Frank F. Bracesco, Mrs. F. Bra-
lunr- ""'"'' '^" ^"^""' •'^'■■^- J- ^- Logan, T. L.
Palo Alto: R. L. Dunslcu, Mrs. R. L. Dunsleu
Natalie Flint, Geo. Grilliths, .Mrs. G. ^V. Griffiths'
Curtis L. Mills, Fred R. Smith, Jr., Miss M. Smith:
Jules E. Smith. '
Other places: Mrs. S. Tollerton, Ramona Toller-
Krh. /'''^A •^,°,"" /^- B'i«""' Jr., Mrs. John A.
Britton, Jr. Oakland; Mrs. C. H. Wikelson, San
Raiael; H. D. Renner.
For this occasion a furnace, gas ranges
and a special lighting system were in-
stalled. It was to be sure the place was
well lighted, comfortable and the eatables
were properly cooked, for that's "Pacific
Service." It was "Perfect."— San Mateo
(Cal.) News, November 27, 1916.
The foregoing account in the local
paper of our little afl'air gives the reader
a fair idea of what we venture to think
was one of the best shows ever pulled off
by a "Pacific Service" district. And we
hope we may not be accused of seeking
the limelight too strongly when we an-
nounce that the entire co.st of the enter-
tainment was defrayed by the district
employees themselves.
Of course, we missed Mr. Britton. No
"Pacific Service" gathering seems com-
plete without the boss. We sent xMr. and
Mrs. Britton a beautifully carved invita-
tion, designed and executed by Mr. G. W.
Paige, an employee of the Gas Depart-
ment, and weren't we touched at the
tribute the boss paid us in his reply?
Surely such events make for the best
ideals of "Pacific Service"!
The revolving wheel of the company's
trademark which appears in the illustra-
tion was made by Mr. Chas. E. Shelton,
an employee of the Electric Department.
The banciuet was served by Mr. G. A.
Erickson, a fitter in the Gas Department,
who also prepared a large cake which
was sent to Mr. Britton at his home near
by. The fun lasted until 3:30 in the
morning. I( was some time, and we are
all proud of it. E. W. Florence.
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Santa Rosa District
Complete Work in Light System
OVER ^25,000 SPENT IN IMPROVEMENTS, NEW
EQUIPMENT AND CHANGES IN WORKS
ON FIRST STREET
The extensive iniprovenicnts that have
been in progress at the lighting works on
A Street for months past are about com-
pleted. They have included the install-
ing of new equipment and the changing
over and renovating of other sections of
the plant until now everything is in first-
class shape.
It is estimated that these changes have
involved an outlay of at least $25,000
here while the work has been in progress.
Superintendent of Construction Vander-
white has been in charge and he has gone
from here to Napa to oversee some con-
struction work there. — Santa Rosa Press-
Democrat, December 8, 1916.
Eight Miles of Gas Pipe Is Laid
NEW MAIN DIRECT FROM THE WORKS HERE
TO PETALUMA HAS BEEN COMPLETED
TO THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
SOUTHERN CITY
The eight miles of gas main which the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has
been laying between Cotati and Petaluma,
giving a bigger and better main from this
city to Petaluma, is nearing completion.
The pipe has been laid to within the city
limits of Petaluma. It would have been
completed earlier but for an accident to
the ditching machine wiiich had to be
repaired.
The laying of the eight miles of pipe
has been a big job and it has been suc-
cessfully done. When the main is con-
nected up the people en route and the
supply in Petaluma will be better than
ever. "Service" is what the Pacific Gas
and Electric wants to give everywhere. —
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, December 8,
1916.
Sacramento District
Manager McKillip sends out the follow-
ing notice of appointments in his dis-
tricts:
"Effective October 1st, Mr. C. R. Gill
has been appointed superintendent of
Placer District, including Halsey and
Wise powerhouses, and Mr. .1. O. Tobey,
superintendent Operation and Mainte-
nance Department, Sacramento District,
will assume the duties of superintendent
of Distribution and the Operation and
Maintenance Department combined.
"Therefore, hereafter all employees in
the Electric Distribution Department and
all matters pertaining to that department
will come under direct supervision of
Mr, Tobey, superintendent Electric De-
partment, Sacramento District."
E. A. Weymouth.
Sacramento Supply District
A process has been patented and as-
signed to the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company by E. B. Kinz and E. C. Wes-
cott, of the Sacramento Supply District,
for the utilization of spent oxide from
gas purifiers. By this process a lime-sul-
phur tree spray is extracted and the spent
oxide relieved of its sulphur content be-
comes available for gas purification.
George C. Robb.
Colusa District
A new 20,000-gallon oil tank has just
been erected at the Colusa gas w^orks, in-
creasing the oil capacity to 40,000 gal-
lons. We will now be able to receive oil
in 600-gallon lots, reducing our freight by
15 cents a barrel. This will amount to
a saving of about $45 a month on our
present consumption of oil.
L. A. Hartsock.
Solano District
Professor R. H. Taylor of the Depart-
ment of Pomology, University of Califor-
nia, recently applied to the company for
complete information on improvised al-
mond huller which was briefly described
in the Pacific Service Magazine some
time ago. He stated that this was at the
request of a man located in Cashmere,
India, who referred to a paper entitled
"Capital," published in New York City,
which had quoted the article in the Pa-
cific Service Magazine.
Mr. L. H. Gregory, of Winters, who
built a novel sleeping tower which was
described in the Pacific Service Maga-
zine some time ago, has received hun-
dreds of letters from all over the world
asking for more detailed information, etc.
Verily, "Pacific Service" travels around
the world. C E. Sedgwick.
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Yolo District
On December 13th a fire occurred in
the business section of Davis, which de-
stroyed about half of the business build-
ings. If it had not been for the assist-
ance furnished by the Sacramento Fire
Department, a much greater area would
have been burned.
Mr. \V. W, Hopper, who has been with
the Yolo District for the past year, has
resigned to accept a position as cashier
of a branch bank that is to be established
at Knights Landing.
and laid out with lawns and flowers.
Special provision also will be made for
the comfort and amusement of employees.
Due to prevailing high prices, farmers
are planting every available piece of land
in this section of the country. As an ex-
ample, this year about eight thousand
acres in the Sutter Basin were planted to
beans, which was a greater acreage than
has ever been planted before, and ground
has been plowed for seeding about twenty
thousand acres next year. There is also
about ten thousand acres of tule land east
of Woodland that will be planted for the
first time, and to the same product. The
acreage planted to rice will increase in
about the same proportion.
J. W. Coons.
Fresno District
In the city of Fresno the increasing de-
mand for parking space for automobiles
has made it necessary to economize all
available room for this purpose. To
accomplish this, diagonal sections are
painted on the pavement in the center of
the wider streets and machines are per-
mitted to stand here as well as parallel
with the curb. It has been necessary for
some time past to require all vehicles to
stand at an angle out from the sidewalk
and this practice is continued on streets
having car lines as well as those out of
the congested district.
Plans are under way for the establish-
ment of a packing house in or near
Fresno which will cost $150,000. The
stockyards in connection with this plant
will require a site from thirty to forty
acres.
The California Associated Raisin Com-
pany has purchased twenty acres of land
in tiie city of Fresno and eventually it is
planned to build a packing house and
seeding plant on the property. It will
be larger than anything of its kind now
in use and the grounds will be parked
The following is from the Fresno Re-
publican of December 4th:
"Mr. Ross has been appointed sales
supervisor with headquarters at Sacra-
mento. Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Ross (nee
Miss Jessie Barr) were entertained by a
number of their friends on Friday even-
ing at the residence of Miss A. Melbourne,
1638 Jay Street. It was in the nature of
a farewell party as the principals will
soon leave for their future home in Sac-
ramento. They were presented with a
silver sugar bowl and creamer by Mr, E.
A. Weston on behalf of Mr. Ross' asso-
ciates, as a slight token of their esteem.
The decorations were very attractively
in keeping with the season. The time
passed pleasantly and quickly with danc-
ing and games, after which a light lunch-
eon was served. At the close of a very
delightful evening, the house resounded
with fifty voices singing "Aloha." The
occasion will be remembered for some
time as a most delightful party. Those
present were: Mesdames H. C. Ross, R. B.
Boyd, C. E. Vierheller, P. Smith, H. C.
Catherall, R. E. Hardwick, O. V. Mugg,
L. R. Stubblefield, W. R. Tanzer, A. L.
Himmel, W. E. Sims, C. G. Leigh, E. R.
Hunt, L. Baronian; Misses A. Melbourne,
M. Diehn, Hazel Strickenburg, Gem Vin-
cill, B. Brown, Rose Miller, Grace Gould;
Messrs. J. E. Mehrtens, C. N. Bolfing, J. P.
Krog, O. R. Shirley, S. C. Armstrong, Roy
Whitney, Norman Maze, R. H. Boettner,
R. L. Dunning, F. A. Alstrom, E. A. Wes-
ton, R. W. Adler, P. J. Kennedy, B. H.
Howell, J. Devlin, J. Baronian, W. E. Sims,
C. G. Leigh, A. L. Himmel, W. R. Tanzer,
H. C. Ross, L. R. Stubblefield, 0. V. Mugg,
R. E. Hardwick, H. C. Catherall, P. Smith,
C. E. Vierheller, R. B. Boyd.
M. L. Neely.
San Francisco District
On November 15th Mr. Robert D. Cor-
lett, of the Auditing Department, San
Francisco District, was married to Miss
Mary Watson Abbott at Ogden, Utah,
The bride, who is a charming and ac-
complished young lady, belongs to a
prominent family of Ogden where she
has resided for most of her life and
where she enjoys a host of friends. Mr.
Corlett has been employed in the San
Francisco District Auditing Department
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for the past several years. "Pacific Serv-
ice" extends very hearty congratulations
and good wishes to the young couple.
The basket-ball season is on. The boys
from the San Francisco District Auditing
Department and the quintet from the
Electric Distribution Department opened
up hostilities when they met on the court
of the State Armory on the evening of
November 22d. The numerous spectators
from the different departments were
given a real thrill when they saw the
team from the Electric Distribution De-
partment forge ahead in the first few
minutes of play, but the lead of the Elec-
tric Distribution Department was bat-
tered down by the sensational goal throw-
ing of Silvernail and the strong defensive
work of Roberts and Gilhuly.
The first half ended with a score of
10 all. Barker of the Electric Distribu-
tion Department team played a consistent
game all through, and Mclntyre was a
good second. The second half was nip
and tuck all the way through and with
the score tied at 19 and but half a minute
to play, the Auditing Department team
scored the point that made them the vic-
tors— score, 21 to 19. The team w^ork of
the Electric Distribution Department was
excellent.
As this is the first time the Auditing
Department team has played together
without preliminary practice, this vic-
tory brings promise of some keen excite-
ment in the near future. Manager Du-
Fosee has issued an open challenge to
any and all comers. The line-up:
Auditing Dept. Electric Dist. Dept.
Davies Forward Hager
Silvernail Forward Sachau
Korn Center Barker
Roberts Guard Baugh
Gilhuly Guard Mclntyre
Timekeeper, E. Barriere. Scorer, Harold Gerber.
Since the joint-pole agreement was en-
tered into the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company is occupying approximately 800
poles jointly with other companies.
At the annual jinks of the "Pacific Serv-
ice" Employees' Association Ernest Ber-
ger, a line foreman of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, gave an exhibition
of Greco-Roman wrestling with Cham-
pion Ad Santell as his opponent.
A boost from the Y. M. C. A.:
San Francisco, October 12, 1916.
Mr. Elmf.r Zimmerman,
Industrial Department,
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
445 Sutter Street.
Dear Mr. Zimmerman: — It certainly
pays to get a man who knows. I had
puzzled over the matter of those lights
for the two past years, to some extent,
and to a great extent since May of this
year.
The plan you gave us is working very
well — the men say the lights with the in-
verted shades are entirely satisfactory,
and, of course, their thinking so is the
big thing. It was a great boon to us to
have you suggest a method both simple
and inexpensive and yet successful.
Thank you very much.
Yours very truly,
S. F. Batdorf,
Acting Educational Secretary.
While Chas. Leonard, a lineman in the
Electric Distribution Department, and his
wife were spending Thanksgiving Day at
Mayfield, the stork called and presented
them with a fine baby girl. A. R. T.
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
— ani>—
Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation Library
During the month we have received
99 pamphlets which cover the following
subjects : 35 commerce reports, 36 water
supply papers, 28 miscellaneous.
The number of bound volumes received
during the month is seven, two of which
were donated by V. R. Hughes, as fol-
lows : "Athalie,""^ by Robt. W. Chambers,
and "Micah Clarke," by A. Conan Doyle;
"Transactions American Society Mechan-
ical Engineers, 1915, Vol. 37," donated by
John A. Britton; "Financial Statistics of
States, Department of Commerce," Bu-
reau of the Census; "Trent Watershed
Survey," by C. D. Howe and J. H. White,
Commission of Conservation. The fol-
lowing magazines have been bound : Jour-
nal of American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Vol. 36., Jan.-Dec, 1914, and
Vol. 37, Jan.-Dec, 1915, and have been
donated by the Steam-Electric Generating
Department for our shelves.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1212; pamphlets, 3959.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association Li-
brary has purchased the following bound
volumes: "Getting the Most Out of Busi-
ness," by E. St. Elmo Lewis; "Elements
of Water Gas," by J. Stephenson, first
edition.
Total number of books on hand to
date, 1272. J. P. B.
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Co-operative Selling
By J. CHARLES JORDAN, Oakland District
I^VKHY employee helps to sell. PZvery
_j one, no matter what his position in
the company may be, assists in rendering
that which we have to offer to our con-
sumers— Service.
Why do people use our products? Do
they use gas because it has a certain heat
value? Do they use electricity because it
gives a beautiful light? No, they use it
because of the Service it renders.
Every employee desires to progress, to
better his condition. In an organization
such as ours, progress is essential. New
uses are created daily for our commodi-
ties. New departments are organized.
Men are advanced. The man who is pre-
pared, the man who has made his work
agreeable and satisfactory, who has done
his work successfully, receives the first
oi)I)ortunity.
In the Alameda County District there
has been inaugurated a program whereby
the employees will be given a better op-
portunity to assist in promoting sales and
rendering that all-important factor. Serv-
ice. It was found that some few other
than regular salesmen were continually
turning in prospects for business. Ar-
rangements were made whereby all would
be given an equal opportunity to assist in
this good work. A form of prospect blank
was made up in small books. These were
sent to employees through heads of de-
partments, with circular letter explain-
ing reasons for sending and instructions
for use. The first month's results brought
two iiundred and forty-four prospects for
new and additional business, appliance
sales, service betterments, etc. Where em-
ployees find people moving, in need of
new or additional appliances, or inter-
ested in any appliance or device, where-
in our service can be used, they fill out a
prospect blank. These do not come only
from men who daily are in contact with
llic public. Kvery emplovee has relatives
and friends who through the use of mod-
ern appliances will find convenience in
our service.
During the first month ninety-eight gas
arcs were sold; forty-two of these orders
came in on prospect blanks and nearly
all from the Gas Meter Department,
There is an employee called the "stove
doctor." He visits consumers to adjust
complaints, regulate the burners on gas
ranges, etc. When he finds a consumer
heating water on top of the stove, he ex-
plains how nicely a water heater would
set here or there, how quickly it would
heat the water and at how very little
bother and expense. He talks up the ap-
pliance which, because of the service it
renders, is sure to sell; makes out a pros-
pect blank and the salesman closes. Many
gas-arc trimmers find it easy to recom-
mend another lamp inside or outside be-
cause of the added attractiveness and ap-
pearance in the store. Linemen, too, find
people moving, others who need new
lamps or more power. One man in the
Electric Distribution Department has a
hobby of looking for houses that are
wired but not using service and he finds
them, too. (collectors, meter readers, sta-
tion men, clerks, stenographers, every-
body co-operates.
To keep the departments posted as to
prices, sales methods, etc., semi-monthly
bulletins are issued. Where there are
goods for sale the consumer's price is
quoted and special price for employees
given.
During the first month of endeavor un-
der this plan a special price for tank
water heaters was ((uoted for employees
only. Twenty-two were sold during the
month.
Where there is a possibility of loss in
business due to competitive conditions, a
co-operative In(|uiry Bulletin is issued to
ascertain the number of employees deal-
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ing with a certain firm. It is surprising
some time to find tlie large number trad-
ing with a house the proprietor of which
did not appreciate the volume of business
received.
Employees co-operate because, like all
men, they desire to advance their posi-
tions and increase their influence.
The personnel of our organization dem-
onstrates that its founders and those who
came after them were ambitious, enthusi-
astic, had confidence and were success-
ful. Look over the names of the men of
"Pacific Service" wearing service badges.
Ascertain what they w-ere doing when
they came to work for our company.
Study their progress, year by year, and
you will find that they were men who
when the opportunity came were ready.
Every man cannot be the manager of
the company, but every man can be man-
ager of the task he has to undertake.
Employees come and employees go. The
loyal man, the man who believes in the
usefulness of his work, and who believes
in the result of his effort, will co-operate
and be successful. The man who does
not do this will fail.
QUERY:
Is this Co-operation?
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Doings of "Pacific Service" Section N.E.LA.
U CHRONICLED BY ERNEST B. PRICE [J
A high standard was set by the Distri-
bution Department at the educational
meeting of November 14th, when three
hundred and fifty members and guests,
the latter including students from the
Polytechnic High School and the Wil-
merding School of Industrial Arts, lis-
tened to a lecture on the elements of elec-
tricity by Mr. S. J. Lisberger, engineer of
Electrical Distribution, and his assistants,
Messrs. Gaines and Hillebrand.
Chairman Henry Bostwick welcomed
the representatives from the various
schools. Mr. S. V. Walton made a few
remarks concerning Electrical Week, af-
ter which Mr. Lisberger was called upon.
It was Mr. Lisberger's aim to make his
talk as non-technical as possible, and ac-
cordingly he discussed his subject under
three heads, namely, the properties of
magnets, the properties of alternating
current motors and transformers, and,
lastly, as he expressed it, "the consumer's
joy," the electric meter. Starting with
an explanation of terrestrial magnetism,
the speaker passed in review the prin-
ciples of permanent and electro magnets
and induced currents. Cleverly arranged
apparatus was used to demonstrate the
fundamental laws and charts were shown
to illustrate the characteristics of alter-
nating currents and their application.
Mr. Gaines followed with a very lucid
description of transformer construction
and illustrated the principles upon which
the transformer operates by means of
apparatus designed for this purpose.
Mr. Hillebrand dealt with the construc-
tion of the indicating wattmeter and its
operation. By means of a large operat-
ing model and charts the speaker pointed
out the characteristics of the meter and
how it was built to meet the require-
ments of varying load.
From an educational standpoint this
w;is one of the best meetings of the series,
and could be given again with profit to
all members. A rising vote of thanks was
tendered Mr. Lisberger and his assistants
for a very instructive evening.
Ladies' Night on Tuesday, November
28th, was made the occasion for an illus-
trated lecture on the Glacier National
Park. Mr. R. A. Murray of the Great
Northern Railway described the wonders
of the Glacier National Park and illus-
trated his subject-matter by means of
some splendid moving pictures and col-
ored stereopticon views.
As announced by Mr. Henry Bostwick,
chairman, the "Pacific Service" Em-
ployees' Association will make its official
bow as an organization on January 1,
1917. Its appearance marks an epoch in
the history of the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company and great things are pre-
dicted for its future. While the "Pacific
Service" Section of the N. E. L. A. has
done splendid work, there were certain
limitations which could only be removed
by an association that embraced all the
employees.
At this juncture we desire to announce
that a charter for the formation of a Geo-
graphic Section of the N. E. L. A., em-
bracing California, Nevada, New Mexico
and Arizona, was granted by the Execu-
tive Committee of the parent organization
on December 8th, and a meeting of mem-
bers for the purpose of organizing and
electing officers for the first year will be
held in Los Angeles on January 6th. In
this organization it is hoped that our
company will have, if not larger, at least
as large a representation as has been had
in the "Pacific Service" Section. Full de-
tails in connection witii the Geographic
Section will be sent to all local members
of the National Electric Light Association
in due time.
The January issue of Pacific Service
Magazine will contain a full description
of the "Pacific Service" Employees' Asso-
ciation, written by its chairman, Mr.
Henry Bostwick, whose untiring efforts
have paved the way for the formation of
this logical organization.
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F B Anderson John S. Drum John D. JJcKee
HenrvT Bo^in F. T. E.SEY Jo^ A^ ^",5^^"^'
TnHTM A Brixton D. H. Foote C U. U. Miixer
W.^ GrocSr a. F. Hockenbeamer Charles T.Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
President
1 Kn^.^^r^ Vice-President and General Manager
^r? Hockenbeamer ! ! ! .' .' . .' . Second Vice-President and Treasurer
n" H FonxK Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
p. H. 1<oote • •. Assistant Treasurer
Jos. '^•/-ove .^ .... Assistant Secretary
Chas. L. Barrett
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum ^^"'"^'^"^Attome'v
S- & ^"'T.. ■•••■■• AuTt7r
R-j g^'relI :::::::: : : : . . . property Agent
T P r^i^^i Manager Claims Department
r P ri^^ Attorney, Rate Department
P* M Downing ■.■.'... Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
F RHft^y • • • • • ■ ..... Manager Land Department
I^o H St .' ■ Purchasing Agent
T P TotVyman . • • Engineer Electrical Construction
F r wf ... Chief Engineer Gas Department
W H Se • • General Agent
^'t Ti^^er . . • • Engineer Electrical Distribution
F S M vRTil Manager PubUcity Department
T H nI^rt Manager Sales Department
r^A^r IW« ... Superintendent of Supplies
H r Vfns!no ■.".■.■.■.■... Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W G Vmc^ JR Valuation Engineer
S.V WaTto^. .' ; .■ Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUABTBB8 MANAGEB
Alameda County cS!^T^ H. B. Heryford
Go'sr. : : ::::...... co'-.« ^- "don'cXy
CoiNTTRA Costa Martinez V^ a
C.ONTRA »^OSTA ^^ ^^^^ j g AdAMS
drxT^'^ : : . : : coifax . : : j^mes martin
^^^^ FlftTlra .... W. E. ESKEW
Electra Eiiecira at t Nppty
Fresno Fresno , • ^ M. L. ISeely
Marysville . • ■ • MarysviUe J- E. Poingdestre
Marysville ... San Rafael W IL Foster
^^"^ Nana C. D. Clark
Sevada ■.■.:.■. Nevada City ' John Werry
Petaluma : . . Petaluma • • "' (T ^^^J
p. .PER East Auburn • *!• ,^- ^oop^r
^^^^^^ Rp/iwood Citv . . . . E. W. Florence
Redwood neawooa ^^uy McKillip
SArHAMPNTo .... Sacramento • <^. w. mdviLLiF
!::« FbanSUo' ::::::: |«, Francisco Geo. C. Ho^e-ton
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Santa Rosa
S^i^ Jose Wa Rosa M. G. Hall
. ^««* Sn .• . . C. E. Sedgwick
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STANISLAUS Vnllpio .... A. J. STEPHENS
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400.000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75.000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75.000
Water (Domestic)
Railway
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place Population
lAlameda 28,000
'Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
^'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
'Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
'-•Auburn 2.500
•Barber 500
•Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2.400
•Ben Lomond . . 800
'Berkeley 55.000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame . . . 3.000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1.000
Center ville 850
'Chico 15.000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1.800
•Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
»- «CotaU 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City ... . 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
•- 'Dutch Flat .. . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano .... 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville.
Esparto .
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
•Forest ville . . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
•Glen Ellen
•- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
'Guemeville . . .
Hammonton . .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
'HoUister
•- 'lone
Irvington
«- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
Population
3,000
Population Place
ing.
'Larkspur
■ 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore ....
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
•Mare Island. .
Martinez
'Marys ville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley . . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2.800
1.000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2.500
450
500
3.000
250
500
2.500
6.600
1,050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
'Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles .........
•Novato.
700
2.500
210
6.500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1.000
400
'Oakland 215.000
Oakley .
•Occidental ....
Pacheco
-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
'Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
^Sacramento . . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselrao. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5.200
500
500
300
250
250
7.500
3.000
200
850
5.000
1.500
1,000
3,000
16.000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2.500
1.500
560.000
'Sanjose 45.000
•San J UEin .
'San Leandro.
San Lorenzo .
'San Martin. .
'San M ateo . . .
•San Pablo . . .
'San Quentin .
'San Rafael . . .
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2,500
6,000
'Santa Clara. . .
'Sant.i Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa. . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
•Shellville
Sheridan
Sraartsville . . .
'Soquel
'Sonoma
'South San
Francisco . . .
'- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege
Population
6,000
13.600
11,500
300
2.750
1.850
200
250
300
400
1.250
3.200
2.600
^.^6.. 600
'Stockton 35.000
Suisun .
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . .
Sutter City . .
'Sutter Creek.
Tiburon
'Tres Pinos . . .
•Vaca ville .
800
340
1.200
250
1.300
350
300
1.250
»- 'Vallejo ..!.'!] ! 12.'500
•Vineburg. . .
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•Watsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6.000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1.500
Total Cities
and Towns. .1.335,383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
uon Served. 1.716.894
' — Gas. Electricity and Water.
* — Gas. Elect, and St. Railways.
' — Electricity and Water.
' — Electricity supplied through other companies.
' — Gas supplied through otlier companies.
' — Water supplied through other companies.
^'PACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
7 68.000 rOLES arc used in the Company's electric distribution
-L and transmission systems. These have a total length of over
1200 miles and contain 48 million board feet of lumber. This
quantitv would build over seven buildings the size of Machinery
Palace, which was the largest structure at the Panama -Pacific
Exposition, and the largest frame building ever constructed.
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Efficient Motor Design
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Four Arm End
Shield Proitctj
commucator.
Brush rigging
readily accessible
IForm Cl
Motors;
RI Armature — heavy shafu,
sturdy ventilating lam, gen-
erous commutator, spiral core
alotting.
REPRESENT years of concentration
on the details of single-phase
motor design. The results are
partly shown on this page.
All mechanical and electrical char-
acteristics have been selected to ren-
der high service efficiency to the user.
The '^1' Motors are especially suit-
ed for installations where a heavy
load must be started and a small
starting current required.
Type '^1' Motors are built in sizes
from i to 20 H. P. for no 6- 220 volts.
Ask our nearest representative about
^^ Motors for your requirements.
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t<AKB SPAULDINC IN WINTER. THE BIO HAM TOWRRS MA.IRSTIC AT ITS KPW 260'FOOT LKVFX.
Vol.
Views of the new Lake Spaulding in winter.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
VOL. VIII
JANUARY, 1917
No. 8
Story of the Completion of the Second
Stage in Lake Spaulding Water
Storage Development
By 0. \V. PETERSON, Assistant Engineer in charge of field construction work
JL of
second stage in the development
the Spaulding storage project, re-
sulting in the creation of a greater Lake
Spaulding with water surface thirty-five
feet higher and storage capacity fifty per
cent greater than formerly, was brought
to a successful ending on the afternoon
of Thanksgiving Day of 1916. On the
very next day a severe snow and rain
storm started which would have made
transportation of concrete to the last job,
the farthest of the four secondary dams,
at any later date in the season a very
serious problem.
The storage site at Lake Spaulding, on
the south fork of the Yuba River, is lo-
cated in Nevada County just to the north
of the Ogden Route of the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad, about twenty-five miles
west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. The drainage basin tributary
to Lake Spaulding, consisting of one hun-
dred and twenty square miles, has an
average precipitation ranging from sixty
to seventy-five inches, most of which oc-
curs during the winter months in the
form of snow. At Spaulding, with eleva-
tion of about 5000 feet, the maximum
amount of snow on the ground in mid-
winter varies from seven to fourteen feet
in depth.
The very productive and dependable
run-ofT from this basin makes it attract-
ive as a field for the impounding of stor-
age, but its chief value is due to its high
elevation above the rim of the Sacra-
mento Valley floor, about sixty miles dis-
tant in a direct line, and the comparative
ease with which the total drop of some
4500 feet can be utilized bv a series of de-
velopments for the generation of hydro-
electric power. Finally, there remains the
opportunity to further apply the water
in a most magnificent foothill region for
the irrigation of deciduous fruits.
Just opposite the Lake Spaulding re-
gion. Bear River, with but a very narrow
mountain wall intervening, heads directly
to the southwest at right angles from the
tortuous and precipitous gorge of the
south fork of the Yuba River. Also the
head of Bear Valley, a large flat open bot-
tom land, lies below the level of Lake
Spaulding. The early engineers of the
company first appreciating this favorable
combination of natural advantages of
water supply and topography, began sur-
veys which eventually led to construc-
tion on the original Spaulding develop-
ment on an extensive scale in 1912-13.
About the time that a high concrete dam
was started, three of the power develop-
ments which would utilize waters from
Spaulding were started along Bear River,
Drum in 1912 and Halsey and Wise in
1913.
The main features of the Drum devel-
opment, the one directly below Spaul-
ding, required the driving of a hard-rock
tunnel 4400 feet long from Lake Spaul-
ding through the divide between the
South Yuba and Bear rivers to the head
of the nine-mile canal on the mountain
side above the floor of Bear Valley. This
tunnel was completed in the winter of
1912-13, and the entire Drum develop-
ment, with a capacity of 33,500 horse-
power, was first put in operation on
Thanksgiving Day of 1913.
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\Vork on the two lower developments
was discontinued in the summer of 1913,
at the time of the severe financial stress
that was general in that year. Late in
1915, work on these projects was again
resumed and carried to completion.
The construction of the dam at Spaul-
ding, which even with its present height
ranks as one of the world's highest and
most notahle hydraulic structures, called
for a tremendous amount of preliminary
construction in the installation of an ade-
quate plant and in the preparation for
placing of the concrete foundations in
the bottom of the river gorge during 1912.
In the spring of 1913 work on the dam
was again resumed and carried up to a
height of sixty feet of sufTicient dimen-
sions for a dam of 305 feet ultimate
height. At the 60-foot level the section
of the dam was very materially reduced
to conform to plans for an arch dam of
the constant angle type 260 feet in height.
By the end of 1913 this dam was finished
in accordance with the plans for that
season to a height of 225 feet above the
average level of the river bed. Inciden-
tal to the construction of the main dam
two small masonry dams each about
thirty feet high were built in two low
depressions or draws which occur in the
rim of the lake about 3000 feet to the
north of the main dam. These three dams
resulted in the impounding of a stor-
age of 43,500 acre-feet capacity at Lake
Spaulding, which, added to the storage of
some twenty small lakes and reservoirs
tributary to Spaulding, resulted in a total
storage of about 85,000 acre feet on the
South Yuba available for power demands.
When llie company decided, rather late
in 1916, to raise Spaulding dam from 225
to 260 feet in height it was, therefore,
simply necessary to add a section ap-
proxim:ili'ly twenty-four feet wide at the
base, fourteen feet in width at the crest
and thirty-five feet in height to the top
of the dam as finished in 1913, and to
build four secondary dams to fill depres-
sions in the rim of the lake, all of which
occur in a distance of 3000 feet to the
north of the main dam. For this work it
was estimated that it would be necessary
to place about 25,000 cubic yards of con-
crete as compared with a total of 153,806
cubic yards placed in the main dam in
1912-13. Of this total 25,000 cubic yards,
15,000 was estimated as the amount re-
quired to raise the main dam.
All the work contemplated was of com-
paratively simple character compared
with the original job, except that the ex-
tremely short season remaining after the
end of July would require very rapid
work. The company decided, among
other reasons, that as this was a clear-cut
job of excavation and concrete construc-
tion and, also, because the great amount
of work already under way in connec-
tion with the completion of the Halsey
and Wise developments made it inadvis-
able for the company to undertake more
work with its own construction forces in
the same season, it would be best to call
for bids from contractors for the pro-
posed construction. Accordingly bids
were received on July 18, 1916, and the
contract was immediately awarded to
Twohy Bros. Co., prominent railroad
builders of the Northwest and Canada.
The ver}' efficient and novel plant in-
stalled for the construction of Spaulding
dam in 1912 and 1913 and the remarkably
rapid progress and successful results ob-
tained by the construction forces under
the immediate direction of the company's
chief engineer and superintendents were
such as to attract the attention of engi-
neers all over the world, and many not-
able engineers made it a point to visit
the job while under construction.
To provide for rapid and adequate
transportation facilities to the job a first-
class standard-gauge railroad about one
and one-half miles in length was con-
structed from Smart, a station in the
snowsheds on the Ogden Route of the
Southern Pacific, directly to the bunkers
and cement house built on the high cliff
whioli overhangs the south abutment of
the dam. A concrete mixing plant, con-
sisting of four Smith mixers, each with a
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283
capacity of one cubic yard of mixed con-
crete per batch, was next constructed.
Extremely rapid and economical mixing
and placing of concrete was made pos-
sible by the perfect system of belt con-
veyors which carried the raw materials
from the bunkers and cement house di-
so much the mixing and placing of con-
crete but, rather, sufficiently rapid and
regular transportation of the raw mate-
rials over the Southern Pacific to the
local siding and their movement to the
"front."
Much of the plant used in 1912-13 was
View of downstream face, Lake Spaulding dam. The two specks observed on the crest to
the left are a "Paciflc Service"
rectly to the mixers, and the gravity
chutes and belt conveyors which were
used to carry concrete in a steady stream
from the mixers directly into place in the
dam. This scheme of using plain belt
conveyors to carry concrete up a steep
slope of about eighteen degrees was
new and novel, yet this unique feature
was all that remained to round out the
perfect gravity and conveying system
which made it possible, on a one-shift
basis, to place during the single month
of August, 1913, a total of 40,485 cubic
yards of concrete over a large area on
the dam. In fact, the chief problem con-
nected with such rapid progress was not
engineer and one of his men.
available for use in 1916. The railroad,
overhead cableways, buildings, the trans-
mission line from Alta, some of the sec-
ondary distribution lines, pipe lines and
the mixing plant with two of the four
Smith mixers were still in place. It was
necessary for the contractor to overhaul
some of this plant and to construct some
additional buildings to house his forces.
Also, it was necessary to install a pump-
ing plant consisting of a 50-h. p. motor
and 7xl0-inch Gould triplex pump on a
raft on the surface of the lake which
lifted water 300 to 400 feet to storage
tanks located on the mountain side. Water
was distributed from these tanks by
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gravity to the camp, the mixing phmf, and
to the sites of the live dams around the
hike. About a mile of 2-inch and 3-inch
pipe had to be laid to carry water to the
new dams constructed during the past
season.
The chief preliminary piece of con-
struction for I'JIG was the building of a
narrow-gauge railroad line from the
north end of the main dam around the
lake for a distance of about 3000 feet to
reach the four supplementary dams nec-
essary for the larger storage. This rail-
road line was a particularly diflicult
piece of construction on account of the
rough topography traversed by the road.
Trestles were very generally used, the
largest of which is some 500 feet in
length and over forty feet in height. Old
native logs obtained from the rim of the
lake were used for posts of the bents.
This railroad line was one of the first
jobs undertaken by the contractor, as it
was needed to reach the smaller dams to
be constructed, and the completion of
these dams was considered and, later on,
proved to be, the critical feature of the
entire job.
A total electrical installation of over
700 horsepower was employed to handle
the construction work, and, in addition,
the contractor had two standard-gauge
Shay locomotives, one 19-ton, two 14-ton
and two 7-ton dinkey locomotives, two
steam hoisting engines and one logging
engine. Altogether, about five weeks were
required to assemble and install the nec-
essary plant, of which the above-men-
tioned items represent merely the power
element used.
Considerable experience has been
gained, in all the operations at Spaulding,
in regard to the best and most economical
aggregate to use in the construction of
concrete dams. In the original work some
quarrying on the site was done, but the
hardness and toughness of the rock and,
especially, the very heavy and elaborate
plant that would be required to obtain
the large (hiily outjjut needed, caused
local quarrving operations to be aban-
doned. A gravel pit was opened up in
the Bear River bottoms near Colfax, a
standard-gauge railroad was constructed
to connect with the Southern Pacific main
line at Colfax, and cars were loaded and
shipped daily by the trainload from the
pit to Smart. The gravel obtained was
remarkably clean and well graded, and
it was delivered at Smart at a price
considerably less in amount than that
for which any other product could be
obtained.
At the opening of the past year's work
it was realized that the yardage to be
handled would not warrant the expense
of reopening the gravel pit in Bear River
near Colfax, the most feasible of all sites.
It was, therefore, necessary to choose be-
tween quarrying rock at Spaulding and
purchasing the best available rock from
an outside source, the Natomas crushed
and screened gravel, to which sand from
the American or Yuba rivers would have
to be added. The contractor decided that
the serious shortage of cars and the great
demands for motive power on the South-
ern Pacific Railroad warranted the crush-
ing of as much rock as possible at Spaul-
ding, with the idea of supplementing this
supply by shipments from the Natomas
quarries.
The old quarry site opposite the mix-
ing plant was opened up by driving a
series of coyote holes into the mountain
side at the base or floor of the quarry.
These holes, which are usually horizontal
drifts two to three feet in diameter, just
large enough for a man to work in when
stretched out full length like a snake, are
usually driven into a cliff face a distance
approximately equal to the height or
face of the cliff, in this quarry thirty to
thirty-five feet. At the end a cross-cut is
driven each way at right angles five feet
or more in length. Into these cross-cuts
the charges of powder are packed and
tamped. The most effective way to fire
sucli a charge is by electric current, sim-
ply by closing a switch of a lighting cir-
cuit connected with wires leading to an
electric exploder.
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pieces fifteen to twenty
feet in diameter and
threw them a distance
of about twenty-five
feet without reducing
them to smaller size.
The coyote holes
were driven with small
machine drills of the
so-called jap drill type
operated by compressed
air. The large blocks
of dislodged rock
around the face of the
quarry were further
broken up by jap drills.
There were a dozen or
more of these drills in
operation most of the
season, and compressed
air for them and some
other drilling and sand
blasting around the
dams required two
compressors driven by
75-h. p. motors, with a
combined capacity of
about 650 cubic feet of
air per minute.
Transportation of the
rock from the face of
It was found that the
rock at Spaulding was
as hard as its reputa-
tion and the still dis-
tinct scratches or striae
remaining from glacial
times indicated it would
be, and that except
where the formation
was locally of a shat-
tered, broken character,
heavy shots simply dis-
lodged enormous pieces
five to fifteen feet in
diameter. One of the
shots broke out some
Lake Spaulding dam at the 260-foot level.
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the quarry to the crushers would have
been a very expensive and awkward task
had hand labor been used to load cars.
To facilitate this operation a Model 41
Marion steam shovel was used to load a
train of two or three 4-yard dump cars
and these cars, in turn, were hauled over
to the crushers by a 14-ton dinkey loco-
motive. Two No, 6 McCulley crushers
originally used by the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company at Spaulding were
again installed for crushing. The ex-
treme hardness and especially the tough-
ness of the rock proved to be too severe
service for these crushers, until new top
castings or "spiders" specially cast of
extra heavy section were obtained. Even
then local crushing did not result in se-
curing a cheaper product than the crushed
gravel product from Natomas, but local
quarrying operations greatly relieved the
transportation situation and were, there-
fore, entirely justifiable.
All concrete was mixed in the propor-
tions of one part of standard tested ce-
ment, three parts of Marysville sand, and
six parts of local quarry rock or Natomas
crushed gravel. It was further specified
that the mix used would require 4.4 sacks
of cement for each cubic yard of the
concrete.
Before the new section was added the
concrete on the top of the old dam was
thoroughly cleaned with a sand blast.
At the ends of the old dam, where the
new sections had to be built directly on
rock foundations, all loose and seamy
rock was careftilly excavated, and thor-
oughly cleaned and sand-blasted, and an
anchor trench was cut from end to end
of the new work. In the downstream
half of this trench a loose rock drain
overlaid with a burlap separator was
placed to intercept any possible leakage.
In the matter of distributing concrete
on the new section of the main dam very
different methods from those employed
on the earlier work were used. As previ-
ously stated, this distribution was han-
dled in 1912-13 entirely by plain gravity
chutes and by a combination of gravity
chutes and belt conveyors. On account
of the necessity of building and operat-
ing a railroad for the construction of the
further dams around the lake it seemed
best to build the top of the main dam
also with railroad equipment.
The contractor decided to build the
nev/ section of the main dam in two ad-
ditions or lifts, the first nineteen feet in
height and the final lift sixteen feet. A
scheme of two-post bents with 10-foot
centers between bents was so designed
of 8x8-inch posts and necessary bracing
that these posts would serve to carry the
superstructure or deck for a double-track
narrow-gauge railroad and, at the same
time, become a substantial part of forms
for concrete. This plan made it neces-
sary to set every one of the posts at a
diff'crent batter and cut them to special
lengths in order to conform to the lines
of the dam and secure a level roadbed
along the top of the trestle.
After the posts for the bents were set
up, longitudinal "ribbons" or strips of
2x8-inch plank were nailed to the tops
of each of the two lines on the up-
stream and downstream edges of the dam.
Intermediate posts or studs 2x8 inches at
2-foot centers were next placed between
the main posts under the above-described
ribbons. The cap or top for each trestle
bent was formed by two 6xl2-inch tim-
bers. Across these caps and in line with
the axis of the top of the dam six string-
ers 6x12 inches and 30 feet long were
next added and on these stringers ties
and rails for a double-track narrow-gauge
railroad were placed. The whole struc-
ture was very thoroughly braced with
longitudinal and lateral bracing and by
anchor irons set into the old concrete at
the foot of the posts, and by cables run-
ning from the top of each main post to
the foot of the post diagonally opposite.
The forms for concrete were finally com-
pleted by nailing lxl2-inch boards or
sheathing to the inside faces of the two
lines of posts. A good feature of the
forms was the use of long iron rods
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%-inch and %-inch in diameter extend-
ing from face to face of the new section,
tying together the wales or horizontal
timbers set along the outside edge of the
posts each six feet in elevation, in such
manner as to prevent any spreading or
bulging of forms.
three cars each hauled 400 to 700 cubic
yards of concrete a daj', depending
largely on the speed with which the con-
crete could be properly handled after
dumping it into the forms. It was pos-
sible to place at least 25 per cent more
concrete dailv with identicallv the same
'.0()-foot railroad trestle on the north shore of Lake Spauldlng.
The construction of such forms and
trestle resulted in securing a very rigid
structure over which the concrete trains
hauled by 7-ton dinkey engines could be
run with safety at fair speed. By re-
moving the bed or top of the ordinary
4-yard side dump car used in railroad
work, and by building on the bare trucks
a plain wood body with sloping bottom
and long swinging door set at the lower
side of the cars, a very serviceable and
economical concrete car of about two
and one-half cubic yards capacity was
obtained.
During the construction of the section
on the main dam two trains of two or
crew where a gravel aggregate was used,
as compared with crushed rock, due to
the ease with which concrete made of
gravel could be dumped out of the cars
and the greater ease with which it could
be worked into place in the forms.
An interruption of about ten days in
concrete operations occurred between the
completion of the first lift or 19-f6ot ver-
tical section and the removal of the tracks
and installation of trestle and tracks for
the second 16-foot section or lift. It is
possible that there might have been some
advantage in building the new addition
entirely in one lift, resulting in a con-
siderable saving of time and labor, but
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the outlay for timber would have been
greater and a trestle of thirty-five feet
in height on top of the very high dam
would have called for special bracing and
care to permit safe operation of concrete
trains over it.
Concrete was first placed in the new
section of the main dam on August 29th.
The dam was practically finished on No-
vember 2d, a total period of nine weeks,
of which five weeks were actually spent
in the operation of concrete trains.
At the small depression in the rim of
the lake just back of the high trestle that
stands out prominently in the panorama
on pages 302-303, it was necessary to
build the first supplementary dam. The
high water level of the new lake will be
about five feet above the normal ground
level in this draw. On account of the
accessibility of this place, which is only
about one-eighth mile from the end of
the main dam, and the fact that a very
low dam would be required, it was de-
cided to make this an overpour spillway
dam of sufficient capacity to carry off
surplus flood waters from Lake Spaul-
ding. Accordingly, a concrete arched
dam with a radius of 300 feet and sharply
rounded crest was built with a clear cen-
tral opening five feet in depth and 156
feet in length. Provision has been made
for flashboards so that this opening can
be closed late in June after all danger of
storms has passed, thus allowing run-off"
from the late snows on the highest moun-
tain tops to be gathered and stored to the
very top of the main dam. Over the crest
of this dam a neat substantial walkway
has been provided.
Excavation for the foundations of this
dam, as at all the other sites, proved very
satisfactory. The average depth for ex-
cavation was about ten feet and at every
point good solid rock free from seams
was obtained. Concrete for this dam
was delivered from the chute below the
mixing plant to cars of two and one-half
cubic yards capacity which were then
picked up and carried bodily across the
river gorge on one of the overhead cable-
ways and delivered to the railroad track
on the mountain side above the north end
of the main dam. From this point the
concrete cars were hauled to the high
trestle opposite Dam 2 and the concrete
was delivered by gravity chutes and con-
crete buggies to the forms of the dam.
Delivery of concrete over the cableway
was not an economical method of trans-
portation, but the procedure was justified
as it hurried the completion of this dam
so that it was finished about Novem-
ber 1st.
A large derrick set up to expedite ex-
cavation placed all large rock in piles
where they could readily be picked up,
and later on be used in the concrete as
"plums."
In the earlier work on the main dam
in 1912-13 and in the dams constructed
in 1916, it was not possible, nor would it
have been economical, to replace more
than a negligible percentage of the con-
crete with large rock or "plums." In the
fast work of 1913 it was found imprac-
ticable to get any plums into the con-
crete, while in this season's work the
placing of plums in the main dam
amounted to but a few hundred cubic
yards. In two of the smaller dams, Nos.
2 and 5, a total of several hundred cubic
yards were placed because they were
available from the excavated materials
and furthermore because there was in
each case a large derrick already set up
available to handle large rock.
Dam No. 3 is located at a very small
draw about one-half mile north of the
main dam where the high water level of
the lake will stand only a few feet above
normal ground level. Exploration for
solid foundations required removal of the
surface covering of soil, gravel and boul-
ders to a depth of twenty-five feet. This
dam is of the arch type with a radius of
200 feet and four feet top width.
Concrete for Dam 3 was made of raw
materials carried across the river gorge
on the overhead cableway, where they
were loaded on cars and thence hauled
to a mixing plant at Dam 3. It was
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found that such a method of transporta-
tion was expensive and slow, but, as in
the case of Dam 2, the necessity of com-
pleting some of the secondary dams be-
fore waiting for the main dam to be en-
tirely finished warranted the methods
used.
Dams 4 and 5 are twin dams, being
practically identical in height, length and
contents, and, in addition, both are sym-
metrically located on the same circular
alignment with 800-foot radius. They
are separated by but a few feet at the
crest by a granite ridge \vhich rises very
slightly above them. These dams are
substantially constructed on the so-called
"gravity" section. Their top width is 7V4
feet. Dam 4 is located just to the rear
or downstream side of the old No. 2
masonry dam, while Dam 5 neatly in-
cludes the second of the old masonry
dams in its upstream toe.
The construction of both dams 4 and 5,
which were to be sixty-five to seventy-
five feet in height and were to contain a
total of about 7500 cubic yards of con-
crete, one-half the amount used in the
addition to the main dam, in the month
of November called for a fairly large and
dependable mixing plant and very rapid
placing of concrete. The only solution
for these demands was the use of the
mixing plant at the south end of the main
dam and the rapid transportation of the
mixed concrete to dams 4 and 5.
At the end of the railroad track, com-
pleted to Dam 3, where its terminus stood
thirty feet above the level of the pro-
posed dams, hoppers were constructed
into whicli the concrete trains could be
readily unloaded. This concrete w^as in
turn loaded into small cars of one cubic
yard capacity which were pushed by
hand along a track carried on the top of
the forms of the two dams.
The two dinkey locomotives, one 14-
ton weight and the second 19 tons, with
a 7-ton dinkey to act as a "booster" up
the heaviest grade of 4V2 per cent which
leads from the switchback near the north
end of the main dam, were able to handle
five trains of three cars each per hour,
or a total of about forty cubic yards per
hour. The average daily output varied
from 350 to 400 cubic yards. To secure
this progress it was necessary to operate
the trains at the highest possible speed ^
consistent with safety, and that this limit
was always maintained was evident from
the fact that the dinkey "skinners" seldom
were able to get any passengers to ride
with them.
During the entire month of November
special precautions were taken to protect
the concrete from damage due to freez-
ing. Water obtained from a locomotive
heated to 85 degrees temperature was
used in mixing the concrete, and every
night the fresh concrete was protected
by tarpaulins under which stoves were
kept going all night. These precautions
were sufficiently effective to prevent a
single instance of damage. The remix-
ing which the concrete received in being
transferred at the end of the main rail-
road line was also beneficial, although a
10-minute delay in placing concrete after
leaving the mixer is not considered detri-
mental.
All during the season a 10-hour day
had been maintained, with a night shift
to work on forms and to clean up for the
next day's concreting. In order to make
the best possible use of daylight, on Oc-
tober 1st camp time was set ahead one-
half hour. In addition, the mixers started
twenty minutes earlier, so that the first
concrete train started out at 6:15 a.m.
standard time, with the stars still shining
brightly. Needless to say rising time in
camp was about 5 a. m. for everybody,
visitors included.
On October 29th the first start was
made in pouring Dam 4. After only five
days' work a heavy rain and snow storm
started which caused about seventy-five
men to leave camp. The storm was fol-
lowed by extremely low temperatures and
heavy north wind, and everyone realized
that for the remainder of the job there
would be a fight against time and winter
weather. In a few davs new men were
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obtained and by November 8th good prog-
ress was again being made. On the 13th
a combination of freezing weather and
heavy east wind caused another serious
delay, resulting in the freezing of all
water pipes. F"inally, however, on the
afternoon of the 19th, Dam 4 was finished
and Dam 5 started.
During the pouring of Dam 4 the foun-
dations for Dam 5 were being prepared
and forms for concrete erected. On the
afternoon of November 19th the first con-
crete was placed in Dam 5 and fine prog-
ress was made until the afternoon of
November 25th when a heavy rain storm
started which stopped work for a day.
On the 27th concreting was again re-
sumed and on the afternoon of the 30th
Dam 5 was finished. And well that it
was. For the snow storm that started on
December 1st continued with consider-
able intensity for five days, during which
time practically nothing could be done.
In the following week removal of forms
and track and the shipping out of equip-
ment was rushed with such speed that on
the night of the 14th the last of the con-
tractors' equipment was loaded and at
midnight the last force of fifty men took
the train at Smart and Emigrant Gap.
The construction of two such dams
with one outfit in a single stormy month
is a record of which any contracting
firm may properly feel very proud.
The work of 1916 was performed by
the contracting firm of Twohy Bros. Co.
under the immediate direction of Mr.
Geo. W. Boschke, manager of the firm in
California, formerly chief engineer of the
Harriman Lines in the Northwest, with
Mr. E. J. Davis as superintendent.
Plans and specifications for this sea-
son's work were prepared by the engi-
neers of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany, Mr. P. M, Downing, chief engineer
of the Hydro-electric Division; Mr. H. C.
Vensano, civil and hydraulic engineer,
and Mr. F. G. Baum, consulting engineer.
'I'w ill cl;iins Nos. I ;iiul, 5, on the site of the former north spillway.
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THK LATK JOHN WERRY
Pacific Service Magazine 293
«
3n ilemoriam
JOHN WHERRY
1852 T 1916
The echo of that divine Christmas message, "On Earth Peace, Good
Will toward Men," had but a few hours before died away, when an-
other message was flashed throughout the dual community of the twin
cities, Nevada City and Grass Valley, that John Werry had passed out
on his last journey.
The news was a shock to all, and to those who knew him so well it
seemed beyond belief that he was no more to be with us, that the
places he filled would be vacant. He might well have been called the
"Songster of the Sierras," for his voice of melody had all his life been
heard amongst us; the vaulted ceilings of God's temples had each holy
day resounded with his songs of praise, the halls of fraternal brother-
hood were always ringing with the echoes of his voice in add^'ess or
song, public meetings of the citizens were not complete without him,
upon the sad occasions that come sooner or later to us all he was
always there to soothe with his tuneful sympathy and words of
condolence.
He had been with the people so long that young men and women
who in their childhood had felt his hand on their curly locks were
often seen bringing their little ones to receive from him the same loved
caress. John was always the same to young and old, and when the old
and feeble pioneer, having missed fortune in his life-search for gold,
met him you could see the face furrowed with the lines of suffering
relax and the smile of comfort give a new light to the eye when their
hands met.
We who were in close association with him cannot picture the
vacancy his passing has made. For fourteen years the writer sat in
the same office and traveled the highways and byways of these foot-
hills with him in the close contact that business called for, and his
cheery word and smile of good cheer made the day's worries small
and the long roads short.
John Werry was a charitable man. He never allowed his left hand to
see what his right hand passed to those worthy and needy, and always
the material gift was hidden in the jeweled casket of a smile and the
hand-clasp of good will.
He was a faithful officer of the company, always zealous for its
welfare, fair in dealing with the public and generous in his rulings.
Among the men of the company he was known as "Uncle John," a term
of endearment, and as "Uncle John" he will always be remembered by
us all with whom he lived his life, our friend, our comrade. He is
gone from us, but his voice, of music still lives with us. Although ab-
sent he is still an influence for good, the world better because he lived.
G. E. S.
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Story of An Active, Useful Life
JOHN WERRY was born in Cornwall,
England, on September 5, 1852. At
the age of eighteen years he left his native
land and sailed to America, locating at
Mahinoy City, Pennsylvania, where he
resided for five years. Afterward he
headed westward and came to Grass Val-
ley in 1875. For awhile he was employed
in the mill at the old Idaho mine at Grass
Valley, but later accepted a position as
bookkeeper in the grocery store of the
late William George in the sister city, re-
maining there until 1884, when he was
appointed deputy county treasurer under
the late George E. Robinson, who was
county treasurer at that time.
After serving for two years as deputy
county treasurer, Mr. Werry was named
as deputy county assessor by the late
county assessor Erastus Bond, a position
he filled for two terms. After serving for
a short time as a clerk in the local post-
office his friends put him forward as a
candidate for the Republican nomination
of county recorder. He was elected han-
dily three times and filled the position
with ability for ten years. The second
time he aspired he received a majority of
1326. Personal popularity had much to
do with this magnificent outpouring of
public confidence, but capability for the
place was not lost sight of.
In 1902, while serving his third term as
county recorder, Mr. Werry resigned in
order to accept the tender of local man-
ager for the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany. This position he filled until his
death, distinguishing himself by the able
manner in which he served the company,
by whom he was regarded as one of their
most trusted and capable managers.
Although a busy man, with many duties
incumbent upon him, John Werry always
managed to find time to be of service to
the afllicted and those in bereavement.
His sweet singing was, perhaps, heard at
more funerals than that of anv other man
in Nevada County. He was ever genial
and willing to assist his friends and his
taking away leaves a place that will be
sadly vacant.
In fraternal and church circles he was
most active and popular. For many years
he had been a member of church choirs,
while at scores of concerts and musicales
he gratuitously gave his services. It is
doubtful if any man in Nevada County
enjoyed more popularity and was more
universally esteemed for his many good
deeds than John Wherry, and but few were
better known.
He was leader of the choir of Trinity
Episcopal Church and was also one of
the vestrymen of that church. In Masonic
circles he was most prominent, being an
old member of Madison Lodge, No. 23,
F. & A. M., of Grass Valley; Grass Valley
Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M.; a past eminent
commander of Nevada Commandery, No.
6, Knights Templar, and a member of
Sacramento Consistory, No. 7, Scottish
Rite. He was also a member and past
noble grand of Grass Valley Lodge, No.
12, I. O. 0. F., and a past chief patriarch
of Union Encampment of Odd Fellows,
of Grass Valley; a past exalted ruler of
Nevada City Lodge, No. 518, B. P. 0.
Elks, and a member of Evangeline Chap-
ter, No. 9, Eastern Star, and of Lone Pine
Camp, Woodmen of the World, of Ne-
vada City.
Mr. Werry was married at Grass Valley
in June, 1880, to Elizabeth Butler, and be-
sides his beloved wife he leaves three
sons and one daughter: M. P. Werry,
manager of Colgate powerhouse; Ernest
Werry of San Francisco; Frank Werry
of Sierra City, and Mrs. William H. Hos-
king of this city. Two brothers, Richard
Werry of Palo Alto, and V/illiam Werry
of New Zealand, as well as a half-brother,
Fred Werry of Australia, also survive
him, as well as two grandchildren.
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Pacific Service' Holds Its Annual
Minstrel Show and Jinks
By E. B. PRICE, District Manager's Offlce, San Francisco District
j /^\UR annual "Pacific Service" minstrel
ly^ show and jinks was held on the
evening of Thursday, December 14th, in
* Native Sons' Hall, San Francisco. The
theatre was packed to the ceiling long
before eight o'clock, and about two hun-
idred people who came late were unable
to gain admission.
The show started promptly on time,
I and after an overture by the orchestra
the stage curtains parted and disclosed
the "Pacific Service" minstrels, gor-
•geously arrayed in purple and blue, with
*Mr. Sam Wardlaw as interlocutor, spot-
ilessly attired in a cream-white suit and
•wearing a huge diamond which rivaled
in its brilliancy the Tower of Jewels.
From the opening chorus until the clos-
ing medley the work of the minstrels was
•of sustained interest and reflected great
credit on the actors and those who con-
ceived the many pointed remarks and
witty sayings. The principal actors were
Messrs. John A. Britton, Jr., M. S. Hunt,
iS. E. Carpenter, John Gilbert, R. H. Hunt,
Leon Mills and Clarence Oliver. Chorus:
'Messrs. Murphy, Hanke, Dryer, Dixon,
Hill, Shaffer, Nelson, Welling, A. E. Dixon,
Carmichael, Martin, Korn, Warren, Yost,
Carew, Lyons, Johnson, Folsom, Engel,
Banberry, Keith, Sanborn, Biers, Hawley,
McDonald and Struckman.
General Hell and the "Pacific Service"
Rifle Club marched up the aisle to the
stage arrayed in handsome uniforms of
the very latest design. This war-like con-
tingent was composed of Messrs. B. J.
Crawley, Otto J. Schultz, C. L. Hornber-
ger, M. B. Mensing and R. Kindig. Some-
what of a surprise was sprung after the
Anvil Song. Clarence Oliver, who was
seated in the audience in farmer's cos-
tume, after considerable controversy with
the interlocutor was induced to come on
the stage, even though weighted down by
an immense gold brick which he stated
was from the Nyman Consolidated Gold
Mine. Mr. Oliver then called Irene from
the audience with her accordion, this
part being creditably taken by Mr. J, B.
Ravano. Ida Percolator (Mr. S. B. Ho-
watt) came up the aisle with a convey-
ance covered by all manner of electrical
appliances. Ida carried on a clever mono-
logue and kept the audience convulsed
with laughter.
After the minstrel show came feats of
magic by Mr. R. Jacobs; next "Slides of
Life," revealing the great and near-great
of "Pacific Service" in a series of clever
cartoons of prominent members of our
organization.
Mr. John A. Britton had just congratu-
lated himself that he had been unobserved
in the audience when his picture ap-
peared upon the screen and was greeted
by riotous applause. Searchlights from
the gallery were turned upon "the boss"
in his supposedly sequestered nook, and
in acknowledgment of his defeat he stood
up and bowed.
The "Pacific Service" Ladies' Chorus,
under the able leadership of Mr. Lowell
Moore Redfield, made a creditable show-
ing and we predict greater things for the
future.
The Grecian dance by Mr. L. Baloun
was very artistic in its conception, and
executed with rare grace and beauty. Mr.
H. C. Dunton's "Gentleman Souse" would
have been a credit to the professional
stage, so cleverly was the character por-
trayed. An exhibition wrestling match
between Ad Santell, light heavyweight
champion of the world, and Ernest Ber-
ger of the Distribution Department, for-
merly amateur heavyweight champion of
the Pacific Coast, came next. Berger made
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The "Pacific Service" minstrels at tlie company's annual jinks in San Francisco,
December 14th.
a very creditable showing against the
champion.
Mr. Chas. A. Bulotti sang several selec-
tions, and his splendid tenor voice is so
well known and appreciated by members
of "Pacific Service" that little more need
be said. In his closing song he was as-
sisted by Mr. Clarence Oliver from the
gallery, special words for the occasion
being written by Mr. Earl Fisher. They
are worth repeating.
Tune, "I'll Sing Sweet Songs of Araby."
Chas. Bulotti sings:
These happy hours among dear friends,
We pass the time away.
All cares and fears cast we aside
Our hearts are light and gay.
But, friends passed on, we miss ye still.
You come not back again.
The friends of yesteryear have flown,
But sweet memory remains.
The friends of yesteryear have flown,
But sweet memory remains.
Clarence Oliver stands in the balcony
and answers:
The music of this happy place
Shall never more be stilled,
New voices may wake this space,
Tho' thoughts for old arc willed.
For song shall live among dear friends
As long as friends remain.
New songs are sung again to you
Tho' memory retains, the
Old, old friends come ne'er again
Whose memory remains.
Duo:
New friends may come and go,
The old, old friends remain.
The musical part of the program was
followed by a one-act sketch entitled
"The Attenuated Attorney and Associate
Council." The prologue from George Ade
was cleverly rendered by A. V. Thomp-
son of the General Electric Company.
The prisoner at the bar was Mr. J. W.
Varney, accused of abstracting a cigar
from the desk of one Henry Bostwick.
The cigar proved to be loaded, and in
the course of its travels finally came into
the possession of a dignified member of
the police force. In due course of time
it exploded and the culprit was arrested
for the ofl'ense.
The details of this famous trial are all
well known to those present. A formid-
able array of character witnesses were
called. Officer O'Beilly, inipersonated by
Olto Schultz, gave damaging evidence.
Anothei- character witness, the stalwart
Scot with his ruddy complexion, betoken-
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ing more than a passing acquaintance
Willi mountain dew, and his utter lack of
respect for the court and total disregard
of all rules, was cleverly portrayed by
Mr. Frederick S. Myrtle. The judge was
represented by Mr. C. P. Cutten; the court
bailiff by J. A. Britton, Jr.; clerk of court,
K. I. Dazey; sergeant-at-arms, Don C.
Hay; attorneys for the prosecutor, Capt.
Geo. Baldwin and L. H. Susman; attor-
neys for defense, John Clements and J.
H. McManus. The trial resulted in an
acquittal, and the judge in announcing
the verdict to the prisoner pointed out
that the potent factor which contributed
to this happy result was the spirit of
Yuletide which permeated the air of "Pa-
cific Service," and suggested that the
prisoner show his appreciation by ex-
tending a hearty Christmas greeting and
best wishes for the New Year. This Mr.
Varney did in a few well-chosen remarks.
The staff of officials in charge are to
be congratulated upon the splendid work
accomplished, and the musical part of
the program, including the work of the
"Pacific Service" orchestra, with Mr. Van
E. Britton director, and the chorus work
under the direction of Mr, Lowell Moore
Redfield, was a revelation of what can
be accomplished with willing material
and competent direction.
The executive committee of the "Pa-
cific Service" Employees Association sub-
sequently adopted a resolution of thanks
to Mr. Earl Fisher for the part he played
toward insuring the complete success of
the annual reunion.
Our New 'Pacific Service'' Employees'
Association Is Launched
The "Pacific Service" Employees' Asso-
ciation was informally inaugurated on
Tuesday evening, Januaiy 9th, with a pro-
gram of entertainment at Elks' Hall, San
Francisco.
This employees' association is intended
eventually to take the place of all "Pa-
cific Service" clubs and other members'
societies heretofore organized and, conse-
quently, will be more comprehensive in
character. Considering that the number
of "Pacific Service"employees now stands
at something over 4800, it will be seen
that the prospects are excellent for an
association that will mean much to the
company and its development in every
branch of service. The opening meeting
was presided over by Mr. Henry Bost-
wick, secretary to the president, who in
an address to the members present de-
tailed the purposes of the association and
announced its complete organization at
no very distant date.
The entertainment program opened
with an address from Rev. Paul Smith of
San Francisco, who in dramatic style told
of thrilling experiences in the fastnesses
of the mountains of Washington where
he had strayed from his companions and
was for two days given up as lost. There
followed exhibitions of dancing by pupils
of Madame Elvira Morosini, a local
teacher. The dances were prettily cos-
tumed and formed an attractive feature
of the evening's program. Two comedy
sketches were presented during the even-
ing, one entitled "Fast Friends," the other
a comedy in one scene called "The Ob-
stinate Famih\" Both sketches were per-
formed by pupils of the Paul Gerson Dra-
matic School.
The Elks' Theatre was crowded. The
"Pacific Service" Employees' Association
is to include women as well as men em-
ployees, and the management is laying
out an extensive program of activities for
the coming season. It is all in line with
the company's policy to insure efficient
and faithful service on the part of its em-
ployees by bringing them close together
in harmonious relation, constantly pro-
viding occasions for them to meet, ex-
change ideas and enjoy social relaxation.
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Twenty-two in Mr. Britton's Family Reunion
The accompanying picture shows our
Mr. John A. Britton surrounded by mem-
bers of his family at his country home
near Redwood City. The family re-
union during the recent holiday season
ton, Jr., Emmet Britton, John A. Britton,
Dr. Edmund D. KeeflFe, Walter Kellogg.
Second row: Mrs. Van Britton, hold-
ing her son, John W. Britton, with Van
Britton, Jr., immediately in front of her;
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Family group at Mr. John A. Britton's Christmas house party.
was of particular interest from the fact
that Mr. Britton had only just recovered
from a very serious illness. The occa-
sion, then, took the form of a celebration
of his convalescence, and the party num-
bered twenty-two in all, comprising three
generations. In the picture, reading left
to right, the following are portrayed:
Top row: Van Britton, John A. Brit-
Mrs. John A. Britton, Jr.; Mrs. Walter
Kellogg (Miss Britton), with Terry Kel-
logg; Mrs. John A. Britton; Mrs. Edmund
D. KeefTe (Alice Britton); Mrs. Emmet
Britton, with Emmet Britton, Jr.
Lower row: William Kellogg, Edmund
D. KeefTe, Jr., Walter Kellogg, Jr., John B.
Kellogg, Emmet B. Keeffe and Florence
Britton, daughter of the Van Brittons.
Authorized Additions and Betterments
I
San Francisco District — For removing
overhead wires and poles on Mission
Street, between Twelfth and Sixteenth
streets, and installation of an under-
ground system, $25,430; for removing
overhead poles and wires on Valencia
Street from Twenty-third to Mission
streets, and installation of underground
system, $G990; for removing overhead
poles and wires on Van Ness Avenue
from Vallejo to Lombard streets, and in-
stallation of underground system, 6490;
for the installation of an industrial rail-
way at the Potrero Gas Works for hand-
ling lamp black and miscellaneous mate-
rial, $9975.
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Alameda County District — For exten-
sion of 6-inch main in Fifty-fifth Avenue
north from Foothill Boulevard to Nor-
mandie Street, and extension of 2-inch
mains on adjacent streets to supply
thirty-nine new consumers, $6755; for
the installation of a booster at Station
"A," Oakland, for improvement of serv-
ice, $6500.
Contra Costa District — For building a
warehouse, shop, automobile shed, and
paint and oil house at Martinez, $1358.
Napa District — Installation of an 8-inch
main from gas works on Cross Street to
Oak and on Oak to Randolph, tying in
at intersecting streets, and installation of
motor-driven booster at gas works, for
improvement of service, $4325.
Petaluma District — For extension of
2400-volt line to a settlement two and one-
quarter miles north of Penn Grove to sup-
ply twenty-four new consumers, $3199.
Sacramento District — For extension of
4-inch h. p. gas transmission line from
Thirty-second and Olive streets to East
Sacramento via Olive, Gerber and Rincon
avenues, feeding into low pressure dis-
tribution system at Sierra Avenue and at
M Street, for improvement of service and
to supply forty-three new consumers,
$10,432; for the purchase of four 1-man
street cars to replace 2-man cars on
Third and T streets. Third and P streets,
and Fifteenth Street lines, and also for
the purchase of twelve modern street-
car motors to replace motors in the older
cars, for the improvement of service,
$26,914; for moving the 200,000-cubic
foot relief holder now at Martin Station,
San Mateo County, and installing same
at the Sacramento gas works, $30,510.
San Joaquin District — For laying 1980
feet of 12-inch and 300 feet of 8-inch
water main to replace smaller mains on
Monroe Street from Station No. 2 to North
Street, in order to increase the outlet
from Station No. 2 to the north and west
sections of the city of Stockton, $6054.
San Jose District — For the extension of
4-k. V. primary along Parr Avenue, Vir-
ginia Avenue and Santa Clara-Los Gatos
road to supply sixteen new consumers
near Campbell, $2023.
Vallejo District — For taking care of
our mains and services which are af-
fected by the extensive street improve-
ments now being made by the city of
Vallejo, $2065.
P. C. G. A. President Announces Committees
President C. B. Babcock of the Pacific
Coast Gas Association announces the ap-
pointment of the following standing com-
mittees for the ensuing year:
Wrinkle Department: D. J. Young, San Diego
Consolidated Gas & Electric Co., Editor.
Experience Department: John Clements, Paciflc
Gas and Electric Co., Editor.
Publicity Department: F. S. Myrtle, Pacific Gas
and Electric Co., Editor; W. M. Henderson, Paciflc
Gas and Electric Company, Assistant Editor.
Library: E. C. Jones, Paciflc Gas and Electric
Co., Librarian; Joseph P. Baloun, Paciflc Gas and
Electric Co., Assistant Librarian.
Gas Engineering Degree Committee: John A.
Britton, Paciflc Gas and Electric Co., Chairman;
L. P. Lowe, San Francisco; F. A. Cressey, Jr., Mo-
desto; E. C. Jones, San Francisco; C. L. Cory, San
Francisco.
Gas Exhibits Committee: B. S. Pedersen, Geo.
M. Clarke Stove Company, Chairman; H. W. Jack-
son, San Francisco; R. L. Cardifl", Santa Cruz;
L. C. Braun, San Francisco; R. J. Thompson, San
Francisco; Paul E. Haugh, Los Angeles; T. Leary,
San Francisco.
Public Policy Committee: L. H. Newbcrt, Pa-
ciflc Gas and Electric Company, Chairman; Champ
S. Vance, Los Angeles; F. R. Bain, Los Angeles;
M. L. Neely, Fresno; H. M. Papst, Portland.
Committee on Papers: Henry IJostwick, Paciflc
Gas and Electric Co., Chairman; F. S. Wade, Los
Angeles; S. C. Bratton, Portland; G. P. Eggleston,
San Francisco; J. M. Berkley, Los Angeles.
Committee on Piping of Buildings for Gas: Geo.
P. Eggleston, Coast Counties Gas and Electric Com-
pany, Chairman; F.. L. Hall, Portland; M. L.
Neely, Fresno; \V. J. Armstrong, Oakland; S. C.
Bratton, Portland; L. F. Galbraith, San Francisco;
T. J. Prothcroe, Los Angeles; E. H. Corbett, San
Francisco.
Entertainment and Reception Committee: Van
E. Britton, Paciflc Gas and Electric Co., Chairman;.
Wm. R. Scott, Santa Cruz; Maurice S. Barnett, San
Francisco; A. B. Day, Los Angeles; W. P. Hutch-
ison, Bridgeport.
Legislation and Taxation Committee: Paul Over-
ton, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation,
Chairman; C. P. Cutten, San Francisco; S. Waldo
Coleman, San Francisco; W. B. Cline, Los An-
geles; H. H. Jones, San Diego; S. C. Bratton, Port-
land; F. R. Bain, Los Angeles.
Advisory Board: A. B. Macbeth, Southern Cali-
fornia Gas Company, Chairman; E. A. Gimper,
Corona; Professor R. S. Tour, Berkeley; W. G.
Vincent, Jr., San Francisco; N. L. Morse, Los An-
geles.
Membership Committee: S. C. Bratton, Port-
land Gas & Coke Co., Chairman; R. L. Clarlie, San
Diego; A. B. Day, Los Angeles; Wm. Dorr, Los An-
geles; T. B. Parks, Los Angeles; F. S. Wade, Los
Angeles ; F. H. Bivens, Monrovia ; W. G. Rich,
Whittier; Chas. H. Dickey, Jr., San Pedro, N. R.
McKee, Santa Monica ; J. A. Somers, Long Beach ;
F. A. Cressey, Jr., Modesto; M. L. Neely, Fresno;
Frank Cavanagh, Los Angeles; A. J. Lloyd, Red-
lands; H. W. Burkhart, Madera; H. R. Basford,
San Francisco; L. W. LeBaron, Dinuba; L. F.
Chandler, Santa Maria; T. J. Protheroe, Los An-
geles; R. H. Sterling, Santa Barbara; G. W. An-
derson, Oakdale; R. P. Valentine, Lodi; George B.
Baldwin, Sacramento; R. L. Cardiff, Santa Cruz;
J. P. Davidson, Los Angeles; L. W. Redd, Mar-
tinez; N. L. Morse, Los Angeles; G. D. Mantle, San
Francisco; Leon B. Jones, San Francisco; Ross
Munro, San Francisco; Sherwood Grover, San Luis
Obispo; Robert H. Hargreaves, San Jose; E. A.
Gimper, Corona; Otto S. Roen, Ontario; Z. T. Bell,
San Bernardino; W. A. White, Visalia; W. M. Hen-
derson, San Francisco; Geo. B. Furniss, Oakland;
Frank C. Packer, San Francisco; John A. Britton,
Jr., Oakland.
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The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service
99
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
w
E present below preliminary income account statement for the year 1916,
and Statement of Consumers by Departments at December 31st.
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
YEAR 1916.
Gross Operating Revenue
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly
from Panama-Pac. International Exposition.
Total Gross Operating Revenue $18,615,497.61
Operating Expenses and Taxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation. . ..
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible
Accounts
8,205,600.35
2,375,115.44
228,000.00
5,530,301.04 +$ 85,196.57
8,006,706.24 + 198,894.11
2,350,886.37 + 24,229.07
228,000.00
Total Expenses and Reserves j 110,808,715.79 $10,585,592.61
Net Operating Revenue .
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income .
Bond and Note Interest.
7,806,781.82
483,681.28
7,944,708.43
413,878.87
Bond and Note Discount and Expense
(apporticinincnt)
Surplus
I 8,290,463.10
3,844,933.71
173,186.01
Dividends on Preferred Stocks (accrued for_12
niontbis)
Balance .
$ 4,272,343.38
1,390,257.33
$ 2,882,086.05
$ 8,358,587.30
3,985,410.52
160,410.43
$ 4,212,766.35
1,093,386.25
$ 3,119,380.10
+$223,123.18
— 137,926.61
+ 69,802.41
— $ 68,124.20
— 140,476.81
+ 12,775.58
+$ 59,577.03
+ 296,871.08
$237,294.05
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Statement of Consumers by Departments at December 31st
December
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
1
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
122,304
54,772
5,539
182,615
1908
131,235
62,026
5,753
199,014
1909
139,503
70,515
6,360
216,378
1910
152,395
83,005
6,726
242,126
1911
176,131
102,024
7,257
loi
285,513
1912
194,914
117,065
8,027
211
320,217
1913
208,269
132,355
8,479
281
349,384
1914
220,360
148,957
9,051
337
378,705
1915
227,586
166,149
9,432
378
403,545
1916
232,748
178,630
10,025
391
421,794
Gain in 9 years
110,444
123,858
4,486
391
239,179
First Preferred Stock
Sales of this investment security have been exceptionally good since the beginning
of the new year. Between January 1st and 25th, 1917, 364 sales aggregating $680,100
par value have been made, and at the close of business on the latter date but $610,400
par value still remained available to fill orders from consumers and others living
within the territory of the Company. Of the total amount of $15,000,000 authorized
by the Railroad Commission, $14,389,600 has been sold in a little over two and one-
half years, with apparently a steadily growing appreciation of the real worth of this
security as a medium for conservative investment, as evidenced by the steady demand
even at advancing prices.
As will be noted from the preliminary income account for the year 1916 appearing
on the preceding page, the surplus earnings of the Company available for the payment
of dividends on this stock, after providing liberally for maintenance and depreciation
and after the payment of all fixed charges, was $4,272,343.38, or more than three
times the amount required to pay the dividends on both classes of preferred stock
during the same period.
Sale of General and Refunding Bonds
The Company has sold to the National City Company of New York, the National
City Company of California, and Messrs. Harris, Forbes & Company of New York,
$3,060,000 par value of its General and Refunding Mortgage 5% Gold Bonds. It is
almost exactly five years since this mortgage was created, and the first issue of bonds
thereunder offered to the public. While the issue at that time was strongly secured,
its position during the past five years has grown steadily stronger in every way, but
more especially in the following particulars :
(a) In the value of the Company's physical properties over and above its total funded debt.
(b) In the increased earning capacity of these properties.
(c) In the reduction of underlying liens.
This is brought out in the following paragraphs from the official letter which
appeared in the bankers' circular offering these bonds to investors:
"The property of the Company represents a large investment over and above its bonded
debt. The (General and Refunding Mortgage 5% Bonds are followed by the stocks of the
Company, which have a present aggregate market value of approximately $44,000,000.
In the last two and one-half years the Company, through the sale of preferred stock, has
added more than $11,650,000 to the assets securing these bonds, and during the four years
ended December 31, 1916, the net cash cost of plant additions has exceeded the net increase
in the Company's bonded debt by more than $13,000,000."
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Lake Spaulding, surrounded by snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, whose snows will annually
surplus waters will flow is obscured by the high railroad trestle in the foregi
NARPOfi (JAUt
UPPER 3PUP TRACK
NOTE
PRE5ENT 3T0RA6E CAPACITY OF LAh
panorama of a 4000-foot section of the rim of Lake Spaulding, showing the profii
dams; and, also, a progress chart of the concrete-pouring since the i:
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rs of this rock-bound basin. At the left is the 260-foot dam. The low spillway dam over which
gr are three secondary dams, two of which show their crests quite clearly.
REMARKS
153.806 PLACED IN I9IZ- 13
I5.60G CU. YDS. PLACED IN 1916
ULTIMATE HEI6HT TO BE 305 Fr
5PILL\yAY OPENING S Ft. DEEP
BY 156 Ft.LONQ
DAm 4 AND 5 0N5AME CIRCULAR
ARC niLL BECOME ONE 5TRUCTURE
IN ULTIMATE DEVELOPEMENT
OLD MA50NRY DAM No. 2
INCORPORATED IN UPSTREAM TOE.
(contents 313-CU. YD'5. MA50NRYJ
FEET
I
LEGEND
5H0WN(J CONCRETE PROGRESS
IN 1 31 6
W^-5EPTEMBER
OCTOBER
\NOVEM5ER
^^Mdecember
PROGRESS PROFILE
OF
CONCRETE POURING
LAKE 3PAULDIN6 DAMS>
PACIFIC eA3 AND ELECTRIC CO.
19/2 - 1916
HORIZONTAL SCALE- l-IN.=IO0 FT.
O lOO ZOO 300 400 300
and of the railroad grade built during the past season to facilitate construction of the secondary
•ject. The size and type of each dam are given in the tabulation.
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pacific ^erbice iWaga^ine
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each naonth.
Year's subscription $1.50
Single copy 15
Published by the.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII JANUARY, 1917
No. 8
EDITORIAL
The Hailroad Commission on January
8, 1917, rendered a decision upon the
joint application of Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company and the Oro Corporations
which is of great importance to the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company and its
consumers of gas, electricity and water
in Northern California.
The decision authorizes the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company to acquire the
properties, both real and personal, of the
Oro Electric Corporation and its subsid-
iary companies, among which are the
Oro Water, Light and Power Company,
Oroville Light and Power Company, and
Oroville Water Company. It will also
acciuire 22,206 shares of the total issue
of 33,100 shares of the capital stock of
llu" Butte and Tehama Power ('onipany,
which company owns the entire issued
capital stock of the Sierra Irrigation
C()mi)any, and 1,205,300 shares of the
total issue of 1,820,987 shares of the capi-
tal stock of the Cataract Gold Mining and
Power Company. The Oro Electric Cor-
poration and subsidiary companies are
now engaged in the business of selling
electric energy for light, heat and power
purposes in the county of Butte, includ-
ing the city of Oroville, and in the coun-
ties of Yolo, Amador, (Calaveras and San
Joaquin, including a part of the city of
Stockton, and in storing, distributing and
selling water for domestic and irrigation
uses in the county of Butte and elsewhere,
including the city of Oroville and are en-
gaged in the production and sale of gas
for light, heat and power purposes in
the city of Oroville.
Among the more important properties
which the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany will acquire from the Oro Corpora-
tions are a number of reservoirs, aque-
ducts and ditches in Butte and Plumas
counties; A water system by means of
which to distribute and sell water to the
public in the city of Oroville, the town
of Thermalito and elsewhere in Butte
County; hydro-electric power plants in
Coal Canyon and Lime Saddle in Butte
County and a hydro-electric power plant
now in course of construction near Bel-
den in Plumas County; steam power plant
in the city of Stockton; substations, elec-
tric transmission lines and distribution
systems in Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Calaveras
and San Joaquin counties, including the
city of Stockton and a gas manufacturing
plant and system in the city of Oroville.
The companies have valuable lands and
water rights in Plumas, Tehama and Yuba
counties. It has been estimated that suffi-
cient water can be utilized to develop
130,000 horsepower of electric energy,
when their use shall be fully developed.
The books of the Oro Electric Corpora-
tion and subsidiary companies show that
the cost of the public utility properties
of the Oro Corporations, both operative
and non-operative, as of December 31,
1915, was the sum of $3,488,249.70. A
valuation of the Oro Corporation prop-
erties was made in 1914 by Mr. O. E.
Sandman for the purpose of determin-
ing the estimated reproduction cost new
and the present value. Mr. Sandman
found that the estimated cost new as of
February 1. 1914, was $3,189,208.47 and
after deducting for depreciation the sum
of $283,794.89, he found the present value
of the properties as of that date to be
$2,905,413.58. Additions and betterments
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305
liave been made to the properties of the
Oro Corporations and on October 1, 1915,
the total present vahie was approximately
$3,000,000. To acquire these properties,
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has
expended cash in the sum of $1,491,151.35
in the purchase of the total outstanding
l)()nds of the Oro Electric Corporation of
the face value of $1,830,000. Pacific Gas
and Electric Company will reimburse its
treasury for the money used in the pur-
chase of the bonds of the Oro Corpora-
tions by the issue of its General and Re-
funding Mortgage 5 per cent Gold Bonds,
which the Railroad Commission has au-
thorized in this decision to be used for
that purpose. The total estimated cost to
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of
acquiring the properties of the Oro Cor-
porations will be approximately $1,600,-
000. It is apparent, from a comparison
of the value of the properties to be ac-
quired and the cost to the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company that it will prove
to be a very profitable investment.
Among the properties to be acquired
are a number of water rights of great im-
portance and value. These water rights
include the right to divert approximately
103,000 miner's inches of water, for
power purposes exclusively, from Deer
Creek and Mill Creek in Tehama County
and Soda Creek, Grizzly Creek and Butte
Creek in Plumas County and from Little
Butte Creek and the west branch of the
Feather River in Yuba County; also the
right to divert for power and irrigation
purposes from Mill Creek in Tehama
County to the extent of 52,000 miner's
inches.
Considering the increasing cost of
crude oil, which is being used as fuel for
the generation of electric energy, and the
fact that new sites for hydro-electric de-
velopments are unavailable at any price,
it is apparent that the water rights ac-
quired by the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company from the Oro Corporations,
which have a potential of 133,000 horse-
power, are invaluable and will materially
assist the company to take care of its
ever-increasing demand for electric en-
ergy in the territory supplied by it.
The Railroad Commission gives recog-
nition to the fact that the consolidation
of the Oro Corporations' properties with
those of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany will result in greater efficiency and
operation. That the public will be mate-
rially benefited can hardly be questioned.
In respect to the financial benefits to be
derived by "Pacific Service" from this
consolidation, the decision of the Rail-
road Commission states as follows:
"Petitioners also presented as their Ex-
hibit No. 20, a summary of all expendi-
tures alleged to have been incurred by
Pacific Gas and Electric Company prior
to December 29, 1916, in connection with
the purchase of the Oro properties. The
aggregate claimed by Pacific Gas and
Electric Company is the sum of $1,596,-
334.35. Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany thus claims a total expenditure of
$1,596,334.35 for property the cost to
date of which is reported by the Rail-
road Commission's Auditing Department
to have been $3,488,249.76, the estimated
reproductions cost new of which is re-
ported in Exhibit No. 3 of Petitioners to
be $3,189,208.47 as of February 1, 1914,
and the estimated reproduction cost new
less depreciation of which is reported
in the same exhibit to be the sum of
$2,905,413.58.
"While the original cost to date of a
public utility property, the estimated re-
production cost new thereof and the esti-
mated reproduction cost new less depre-
ciation thereof may all fail to represent
the present fair value of the property for
any purpose, it is nevertheless significant
that during the first year of the opera-
tion of this property as a part of the sys-
tem of Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
it is estimated that the property will
yield to Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany a net balance of $17,755.83 after the
payment of all operation expenses, the
sum of $30,000 for depreciation, the sum
of $7096 for annual amortization of bonds
and the sum of $17,740 for annual sink-
ing fund.
"From these computations, it seems en-
tirely clear that the consolidation of the
Oro properties with the system of Pacific
Gas and Electric Company will be a very
distinct advantage to Pacific Gas ami
Electric Company."
The year 1917 promises to be one of
unusual activity for "Pacific Service."
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda County District
Superintendent Fred R. Blanchard had
been spending a vacation in Alameda
County marshes; hard work is always a
vacation for Fred. He thought he would
relax and take a little run down to Oak-
land. He told his plans to the boys and
they all fell in, for they wanted some
little purchases made. Work and good
nature has made Fred fat, so he was
ready to buy and be stood off until pay-
day. The boys came to the station to see
him off. There was Three-Pin Pete, Hot-
Stuff Jack, Sliver Bob and the w-hole
bunch. Fred has a splendid, fearless crew.
They swing poles into place like tooth-
picks and handle the high tension wires,
hot stuff, like rope. Nature was so un-
kind as to suffer one of the boys to lose
a leg. He wears a wooden one now* and
Nature in atonement abates her laws.
How he shinnies up the pole, plants the
spike at the end of his wooden leg into
the pole, swings a leather belt to the
cross-arm, and, hands free, grapples the
hot juice! He is as immune as a glass in-
sulator, and as he fearlessly plays with
death Fred looks on with a grin. It is
Fred's Living Insulator. So Fred bade
them all good-bye as the train pulled out
amidst their parting cheers.
When the train pulled into Oakland,
Fred stepped off and was saluted by a
policeman. Fred is accustomed to being
a king-pin and to be thus received; shows
how fame travels. The policeman invited
him to step over "this way" and Fred
readily responded, thinking that possibly
the Mayor was at the train and through
deference to "Pacific Service" would es-
cort him up town in his official car. He
certainly wouldn't mind riding with the
Mayor. When they reached the corner,
the policeman opened a box. Fred won-
dered where the hitch was and began
passing the time of day for sociability.
Soon a big covered car with steps at
the rear whirled up, another policeman
stepi)cd out and Fred was motioned in.
It is not polite to question your hosts
but Fred began to get queer feelings. The
next Fred realized he stood before a big
desk in a police station. He was under
arrest; wanted for forgcrv down the val-
ley, arrested on telegram answering to
description of a fat man with a pleasing
personality. Things looked rather seri-
ous and Fred began to explain, but he
was cut off with the sergeant remarking
something about "that stuff don't go here."
They started to search him and began to
find who and what he is. Then came
apologies; more and more profuse. He
was asked where he was destined. The
finest machine was called. Fred was
seated in its big cushioned seat. A spe-
cial police escort was called and with
police honors he was conducted down to
the Oakland office of "Pacific Service."
Miss M. L. Leal, cashier in our main
office, during the year 1916 handled 259,-
313 consumers' bills, involving receipting
and making change netting $894,525.44.
The only errors during this time were
as follows:
January, 10 cents over; February, 30
cents over; April, $1.12 over; June, 25
cents over; August, 10 cents over; Decem-
ber, 25 cents over; total, $2.12 over. Six
errors.
This appeals to us as a splendid record.
We are wondering if others could show
a better.
The new Lyon Warehouse at Broadway]
and Piedmont Avenue is an ornament to'
the district and adds business to that cen-
ter. The old conception of a warehouse
being a shack or a tin house has given]
way, as in this case particularly, to a*
hotel-like structure all in well designed
concrete. The building is divided into
compartments all under special lock for
storage of furniture and valuables. The
Lyon is the safe way.
Gas light is now replacing the tropical
sun in the ripening of bananas. Bananas
are shipped green because of being less
liable to injury. The bunches upon be-
ing received by the wholesalers are hung
in large dark rooms and exposed to the
light of gas burners. The warm, mellow
light brings the fruit to the delicate color
and ripeness of its native habitat. The
heat also guards against possible frost.
The fruit is very sensitive to cold and
will become tasteless if frost nipped.
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However, banana ripening on the tree is
poetical for, as a matter of fact, bananas
are like Bartlett pears; the fruit is better
flavored if ripened after severing from
the tree. Oakland's new wholesale dis-
trict is being equipped with many of
these up-to-date rooms.
E. A. Wright some sixteen years ago
bought a second-hand gas range and
started to make jams and jellies. These
were offered for sale in corner grocery
stores. There was nothing up-to-date
about the jellies; the process was simply
following the methods of our grand-
mothers. Three ingredients were used,
namely, pure material, cleanliness and
care. The business began to grow until
now thirty people are employed the year
round. The year 1916 saw fourteen car-
loads shipped to neighboring cities. The
factory still occupies its original site.
Thirty-fourth and Chestnut, but is now
greatly enlarged. Fuel gas is used for
the cooking and sterilizing process. The
evenness of gas heat and its perfect con-
trol have much to do with the make. A
large local and coast trade has developed
because the principles of the early suc-
cess are ever present — pure material,
cleanliness and care. Every article is
correctly labeled, not because of the Pure
Food Law but because the Wrights are
particular. Strawberries, raspberries,
huckleberries and pineapple will not jell
without a mixture of apple juice because
Nature does not supply those berries or
fruits with pectin whereas apple carries
it abundantly. So these jams are hyphen-
ated with the word apple jelly. Some
jams are to be avoided, such as those
found in a crowd, but the W^right jams,
crowd on deliciously. If you want the
right taste ask for Wright's, because
Wright 's always right.
The National Cone Company at Thirty-
third and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, are
supplying the Coast trade with ice cream
cones. In fact, an order for 100,000 was
just filled for Hawaii, which was re-
ceived by wireless. An order out of the
clear sky from a far-off land shows that
reputation spreads like the wind. The
cones are automatically made without the
touch of human hands. The dough is
mixed by machine, fed to molds in a con-
veyor and then the conveyor makes a cir-
cle through an oven heated by gas. One
machine turns out 3500 cones per hour,
using 1000 cubic feet of gas. Mr. A. Vis
has developed a large number of effi-
ciency devices with the one aim of fur-
nishing quality. The product is dainty
and whether the word Vis is other than
a rhyme, the crispness is like a kiss; it
breaks upon the lips in sweet nectar.
Marysville District
Work was started in December on the
new $18,000 grammar school to be erected
at Seventh and F streets. I. G. Evans,
contractor, began the preliminary work
of laying the foundation. The building
will be rushed to completion as the school
board wishes to have it ready shortly
after the first of the year.
Many poor families in Marysville have
bc' n made happy through the work of
the Associated Charities in supplying
them with clothes, groceries and other
necessities. In helping to make Christ-
mas a cheerful one for the poor of the
city considerable money was spent by the
charity workers.
Marysville will have a new $100,000
postoffice building if the bill introduced
in the United States Senate by Senator
Phelan is adopted. Senator Phelan intro-
duced the bill in the Senate on December
21st and after two readings it was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Build-
ings and Grounds. It provides for ac-
quiring, by purchase, condemnation or
otherwise, a suitable site and building to
be erected on the site at a cost not to
exceed $100,000.
Beans will be one of the big crops in
Sutter County in 1917. In this section
every available acre will go into beans.
So great has been the demand for bean
land that there is no more to be had on
lease. No one is worrying as to what the
prices will be. "They will be high," is
the general opinion. To get a crop is the
problem in hand.
Because of the present high prices of
beans the tule lands in Sutter County are
being leased very rapidly and new areas
are being drained for the purpose of
raising this crop.
Thirty-four hundred and seventeen
acres of trees and vines were planted in
Sutter County during the year, according
to the figures made public today by H.
B. Stabler, county horticultural commis-
sioner. This is an increase of 20 per cent
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in tlic county and brings the total acre-
age of trees and vines in the county to
19,000 acres. One-third of the acreage is
planted to grapes.
Cleaveland, the company has on its books
at this time all the orders it can fill in
one solid year.
The Yuba Construction Company of
Marysville, organized ten years ago, has
on its books more orders than its local
plant can turn out in an entire year, so
the company has leased the Benicia Iron
Works, owned by Baker & Hamilton, at
Benicia. This announcement was made
in Marysville recently by Newton Cleave-
land, vice-president and general manager
of the Yuba Construction Company.
The leasing by the Yuba Construction
Company of the big Benicia plant does
not mean the Yuba Construction Com-
pany contemplates moving from Marys-
ville. The Benicia plant was required to
handle the greatly increasing business of
the local company. There are some four
hundred men employed here now. The
monthly payroll is approximately $40,000.
Mr. Cleaveland does not know^ exactly
how many men will be employed at Beni-
cia, but estimates the number at between
sixty and seventy-five.
The Yuba Construction Company is
manufacturing in this city an average of
ten of the famous Yuba ball tractors per
week. Many plows and pumps also are
made by this company. The Yuba ball
tractor now can be seen in all parts of
the world. The company has the con-
tracts for four gold dredges to be con-
structed this year. A contract was signed
recently for the delivery to Mark G.
Evans at Breckenridge, Colo., of an 8-
foot, 800-ton placer gold dredge to cost
$175,000. In the construction of this
dredge 400,000 feet of lumber will be
used. The 800 tons will be in machinery.
Another dredge of the same size as the
one to he built for the Colorado miner is
being built for deliverv in Idaho. This
one will cost $180,000"i A gold dredge
manufactured in Marysville also will be
delivered in Alaska. The contract calls
for a 1000-ton dredge costing $210,000.
In addition, the Yuba Construction Com-
pany has the contract for the erecting of
one of the largest placer gold dredges in
the world for the Yuba River field. This
dredge will cost $500,000 when it is
completed.
The Yuba Construction Company re-
cently made extensive improvements and
increased its floor space at the local
shops. According to General Manager
The placer mines of the State continue
to produce about 38 per cent of the an-
nual gold yield. The gold dredges ac-
count for 35 per cent of the total gold
yield, or 90 per cent of the placer gold
yield. There are now fifty-nine dredges
at work in the diff"erent fields, the most
productive of which are in Yuba, Sacra-
mento and Butte counties. The yield is
declining in the Oroville field and fewer
machines are at work, some of them on
old dredge tailings. Some new dredges
were built in the Folsom field in 1916 and
others reconstructed. The Yuba River or
Marysville field is now the most impor-
tant dredge field in the State.
Four very large new dredges were con-
structed in this field in 1916, and the
yardage handled each year is increasing.
One machine, recently launched, has
eighteen cubic-foot buckets and will han-
dle 350,000 cubic yards monthly, dig-
ging to a depth below water level of
eighty-seven feet. In this field, thus far,
in 1910 the yield of the gravel has been
12.87 cents to the cubic yard, at a work-
ing cost of 3.7 cents. Dredging is going
on at the rate of 150,000,000 cubic yards
a year. New machines have been in-
stalled in 1916 at several places in what
are know^n as the outside districts, but
these are generally of smaller capacity
than those in use in the larger fields.
A Pacific gas furnace has been installed
in one of the leading candy stores in
Marysville and is giving good satisfaction.
We have at present twenty-one electric
ranges in operation in this district, and
expect to have many more this year.
A new 7-inch gas main was laid across
the Feather River bridge for the purpose
of improving service in Yuba City, which
it has accomplished.
We have also installed four 1500-k. w.
transformers at Hammonton substation
for increasing load at that point. The
load now at Hammonton is approximately
10,000 horsepower.
Employees of the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company, Marysville District, and a
few invited guests, held an informal
dancing party last month in the office on
D Street and enjoyed themselves until a
late hour.
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The year 1917 bids fair to be, if any-
thing, more prosperous than the preced-
ing one for Yuba and Sutter counties,
consequently for "Pacific Service."
J. E. POINGDESTRE.
Drum District
Christmas at Drum.
At lirst we thought Santa Glaus would
have to come by aeroplane, so warm and
spring-like were the days at Drum, but
later great gray clouds hung low over the
mountain tops and Christmas Day found
us buried deep in snow. So, the magic
sleigh and the wonderful reindeer had no
trouble in finding Forebay; and a straight-
away down the tram brought them, with
bells a-jingling, right to the door of the
powerhouse.
And whom did Santa find? Why, every-
one, from Tom, with the genial laugh and
the wonderful Irish brogue, who house-
keeps alone in the tiny cabin at the Fore-
bay, down, next, to the Whipples, whose
home expanded to welcome the eight sons
and daughters over the holiday season;
then to the Havens. Here Santa made a
longer pause, because there are three
little ones — Dorothy, Gladys and "Bud"—
whose tree must be lighted and stockings
filled. "Bud," the philosopher, aged three,
looked but was silent and quietly in the
corner "rolled a 'moke" for Santa — from
imaginary "makin's" to be sure, but per-
fect in every detail from tearing out the
paper to lighting the finished product
with a third imaginary match — which
didn't go out.
After accepting "Bud's" proffered
" 'moke" Santa hurried along to the Ken-
ison's, and then dropped down to the
Boardman Camp to see if the Keas boys
were home.
Santa told me, privately, that the tram-
way frightened him just a wee bit; but
he landed safely in the canyon, and after
a brief visit with the Sharps, the Hen-
leys and the Hawkins, he made his way
down the Boberts' chimney, for there
again he found his heart's desire — a home
where there are children.
Time was when Jack held a firm be-
lief in Christmas magic, but he has grown
old — he is eight — and wise — he knows
Santa's other name — so now he is more
interested in the arrival of Christmas
mail bags than in the sudden jingle of
midnight bells. Then Audrey, starry-
eved little Audrev, aged four, is entirely
too full of unfinished business to bother
about Santa Glaus. He came and left
many curious and interesting toys, so
that is enough. There is kitty Susie,
whose fur must be stroked and whose
face must be washed — the first handy
wash cloth will do! — and a new rocking
horse and a new pair of skiis, two feet
long, to be tried out in the snow. So
passed Christmas, as all other days, with
happy little Audrey.
Then just next door was tiny John
Stewart, aged eighteen months, who is
a born conversationalist and perhaps the
world's greatest example of perpetual
motion. John is too young to believe in
Santa Glaus, but Santa Glaus believes in
him, so he left in the Stewart household
a glittering tree and toys enough to be-
wilder a dozen little lads. When John is
older he will doubtless climb to the roof
to await Santa's coming with the same
fearlessness that he now shows in drop-
ping over the four-foot walls around the
camp, or jumping from the porch railing
to the wood pile. But he will never catch
Santa, because that old fellow is supposed
to come when all is quiet, and John never
is that. His vocabulary is slightly limited
but the words he knows and his bright
little smile work overtime all his waking
hours. John is small and his years are
still counted by months — but he is a real
personality.
Just across the yard Santa found the
Bichardsons who have for their family
all the boys of the camp, and what Santa
didn't supply for Christmas Mrs. Bich-
ardson did — maybe not all on Christmas
Day but scattered along throughout the
year, because Mrs. Bichardson has a tact-
ful way of finding out each boy's favorite
dish and surprising him with it whenever
the work has gone wrong or the world
looks gray.
Then, last but not least, is Joe, who
lives on the very brink of the river in a
little bird's nest of a house among the
rocks and the maples — Joe, the kindly
one, who lives the Christmas spirit
throughout the year, ever thoughtful of
others, quick to lend a hand, and always
cheerful.
So, you see, Santa found us all, and
when we awoke the next morning right
in camp were the tracks of a big deer
who knew the Christmas spirit was
abroad in the land, because he came fear-
lessly to the river's edge, wandered slowly
up the river and went slowly back again
into the heart of the snowy forest. Maybe
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it was Santa and his reindeer, after all.
Who knows?
And now when we look back upon his
visit and think of what the season really
means, we say with Tiny Tim, "God bless
Christnuis." N. D. H.
Shortly before Christmas Fate looked
upon Drum District and frowned, and
immediately the clouds gathered and the
snow began to fall. From the summit to
Applcgate the ground was covered and
the firs and spruce were trimmed more
heaiili fully by Dame Nature than we poor
mortals with all of our artificialities could
ever achieve. But, on Christmas Eve,
I'^ale smiled and the stars came out and
the thermometer dropped and the morn-
ing star found it clear, cold and a "White
Christmas."
All of the lakes sent down their mes-
sages of good cheer, love and fidelity to
their parent reservoir, Lake Spaulding,
and as became the biggest brother he
gathered them all into his broad white
bosom. Then these words from north,
east and south he sent through the Drum
canal to the big powerhouse which ex-
tracted them from the waters as they
rushed by. And throwing them into the
tower line to Cordelia and from thence
to the whole system formulated the wish
of "Merry Christmas" to "All from Drum
District." E. N. B.
De Sabla District
Xmas at De Sabla.
We may be far out in the wilderness,
Away from the turmoil and din;
But Santa remembers De Sabla, no less
Than the whiskers right under his chin.
This year, during Xmas, we had lots of
snow,
And Old Santa was tickled to death;
For his reindeer could travel much faster,
you know,
And they did not get out of breath.
The powerhouse boys had a dandy good
treat,
On Xmas it always is so;
Turkev, plum pudding, all nice things to
eat.
From "Pacific Service," you know.
To describe the dinner would take quite
a space,
We will let it suffice just to say,
At the Fairmont the fare didn't shine
with this place,
Xmas dinners are swell out this way.
This Xmas we folks all concocted a plan
To save dear old Santa some time;
Our district, 'tis known, covers such a
vast span.
And in places is quite hard to climb.
At Camp One we put up a big Christmas
tree
To supply Christmas presents for all;
This would save Santa Claus quite a job,
you can see.
Just at one place would he have to call.
This method turned out to be perfectly
grand,
And we had a nice time at Camp One,
A few entertainers there were, right at
hand.
All who came seemed to have piles of
fun.
Lots of joking, dancing, and all sorts of
games.
Josh presents for everyone there,
Not one, is there, of those present, who
claims
A better time could be had anywhere.
Leo. M. Kass.
Colgate District
Christmas at Colgate.
When the six o'clock whistle shrilled
its asthmatic "t-o-o-t" on the frosty air of
Christmas morn most of "we-uns" rolled
over on our other side. Then the six-
thirty gong clamored the call to break-
fast and we burrowed a mite deeper un-
der the covers. Speaking of "we" re-
minds that some unfortunate workers and
a few hardened athletes crawled out of
bed at the first call; but the pronoun "we"
includes the great majority. Quite a num-
ber of our fellow "rough-necks" spent
their holidays at Home-Sweet-Home, and
their bank rolls getting there, so they
don't count.
A few plutocrats enjoyed a ten o'clock
breakfast, composed with the aid of a
new cofi'ee percolator that, judging by
the testimonials, is a regular "bear." I
dunno, but ask Dave.
Dinner was voted a glorious success.
We cannot give the details, as it may
make someone hungry to consider the
subject, but it ran the gamut from soup
to demi-tasse, including cranberry sauce
and all points south.
John's substitute. Bird and Mary (with
the mail) arrived shortly after dinner and
the afternoon was very quiet. The comic
papers of Sunday did not appeal to those
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receiving news from home. But home-
sickness is short-lived and the few that
remained for the evening lunch were
agreeably surprised with the excellent
service of our volunteer cook and wait-
ress. We take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to publicly compliment the young
ladies on their accomplishments.
The evening's entertainment was a riot
of fun. The "bunch" immediately ac-
cepted Mr. and Mrs. Werry's invitation to
"come over to the house," where every-
one displayed his or her ignorance of
progressive five hundred. Prizes were
distributed to those who did. The writer
received a can of asparagus; more as an
educational subject than a prize. But
none of us could understand why the
foreman drew a bottle of root-beer.
A delicious luncheon was served after
the prizes were awarded (thanks for the
eats), following which Mr. Ackerberg
demonstrated why a piano exists. Very
good, Carl. Our hostess is an accom-
plished musician, but when she played
we all tried to sing, so it was hard to de-
termine how the piano was getting along.
With the Honolulu music, we know, she
did exceedingly well, because the encores
were quite prolonged.
In the wee, sma' hours we departed,
unwillingly, for home and bed. By unan-
imous vote of those present, "The End of
a Perfect Day."
(Signed) "Jones of Colgate."
Fresno District
A real Christmas party was given by
the employees of Fresno District on Fri-
day evening, December 22d. Under the
direction of Carl Bolting, the basement of
the office was converted into a beautifully
decorated hall. Frank Alstrom in the
role of "Santa" presented a package to
every member of the party of sixty peo-
ple, and also provided for the children
who were unable to attend. Miss Rose
Miller and Ernest Weston of the Refresh-
ment Committee furnished the "eats." Mr.
and Mrs. Bolfing were presented with a
silver fruit basket, the occasion being the
third anniversary of their wedding day.
The proposed construction of a dam at
Pine F'lat for the storage of the waters of
Kings River will provide irrigation for
approximately 1,000,000 acres of land in
Fresno and Kings counties at an esti-
mated total cost of $8.75 per acre. After
a careful study of the seasonal flow of
Kings River and the irrigation demand it
has been found that a reservoir with a
capacity of 600,000 acre-feet will meet
the needs of the district. Pine Flat is
thirty miles east of Fresno with railroad
and power lines withiij a short distance.
A lumber flume crosses the site of the
dam, and while it would be of great ad-
vantage in furnishing material for con-
struction, provision must be made for
this flume after the reservoir is built.
The submerged area will be 4500 acres,
part of the land being public domain; of
the balance only a few hundred acres is
in cultivation. It is said that if a rec-
lamation district is not formed to pro-
ceed with this, that it will be built with
private capital.
Mr. S. C. Armstrong, formerly connected
with the Everett Gas Company of Everett,
Washington, has been appointed sales-
man in this district, filling the position
made vacant by the transfer of Mr. H. C.
Ross to Sacramento as sales supervisor.
Mrs. Armstrong and little daughter are
expected shortly.
Mr. W. L. Johnstone accompanied the
Fresno boosters on their "Hello, Neigh-
bor," pilgrimage to Visalia on December
7th to visit the Citrus Fair. The trip was
made by special train, stopping at Han-
ford, Corcoran and Tulare en route. The
paper printed on the train and the brass
band were features of the excursion.
The Fresno City Auditorium is being
used for free public entertainments wuth
great success. The dedication of the large
pipe organ costing $5000 was the first oc-
casion and this was followed by a munic-
ipal dance under the direction of the
Playgrounds Commission, at which there
were about 3000 people in attendance.
The "8 to 1" orange test was tried out
in the county of Fresno during the month
of November. This test requires that
oranges shall not be sold unless contain-
ing eight parts of sugar to one part of
acid, and is made to determine the ma-
turity of the fruit. Similar restrictions
were adopted in Tulare and Riverside,
but it was found that to be satisfactory
it would be necessary to have the test
cover all oranges marketed in the State.
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The Fresno State Normal School con-
ducted a seven-day test to demonstrate
the possibilities of reducing the high cost
of living. One hundred and five meals
were served for $10.60, an average cost
of 10 cents per meal. The cooking was
done by gas in the model apartment and
the menus furnished many good sugges-
tions which have been followed by the
local people with success.
The California Associated Raisin Com-
pany has been able to ship ninety per
cent of their orders of Sultanas. At the
time of the inclement weather in Septem-
ber and October the orders were cut to
seventy-five per cent, but it was after-
ward found the loss would not be so
great as expected. Approximately three
hundred cars of Emperor grapes packed
in drums with sawdust were shipped out
of the San Joaquin Valley this season,
nearly twice as much as the previous
year.
Although a pound of dynamite is used
to blast out a hole to plant a Calimyrna
fig tree in Fresno County, nevertheless
tlie soil is so well adapted for this variety
of figs that this locality is as favorable
for their production as Smyrna itself. In
addition to the soil, the necessary cli-
matic conditions are found here which
permit the figs to dry perfectly upon the
trees. Within four miles of the city of
Fresno, 2000 acres of land are now be-
ing prepared for Calimyrnas and even-
tually 7000 acres will be planted and
placed on the market in small orchards.
California's annual production of this
variety of figs is 2,000,000 pounds and al-
most the entire crop is grown in Fresno
County.
We have received issue No. 1, Vol. I,
of "The Sperry Family," a bright little
magazine published by the Sperry Flour
Company in the interest of its employees.
It promises to be a healthy member of
the "Service" magazine family.
M. L. Neely.
Napa District
The recent convention of the fruit
growers of California at Napa was a very
marked success.
Among the many exhibits at the con-
vention was to be seen that of our com-
pany. This consisted of a large map
about 6x8 feet, of the section of Califor-
nia in which "Pacific Service" can be
obtained, upon which had been mounted
small photographs of our properties in
the various locations on the map. This
was a very interesting display at the con-
vention and since then it has attracted
considerable attention while on display
at our oflice.
Clarence D. Clark.
Sacramento District
The Allied Electrical Interests in Sac-
ramento, consisting of contractors, mer-
chants, telephone and telegraph compa-
nies, and the central stations, celebrated
America's Electrical Week from Decem-
ber 2d to 9th, inclusive.
An artistic display of as many kinds of
electrical appliances and devices from all
fields of electric endeavor as space would
permit was held in the small dining room
at the Hotel Sacramento during that week.
The celebration was formally opened by
a banquet, some eighty persons from all
branches of the electrical fraternity at-
tending, not forgetting the women, for it
is the women who are most vitally inter-
ested in the application of the electrical
industry. The occasion was enlivened
with electric music from the electric
piano and electric phonographs on ex-
hibit. The feature of the evening was the
very instructive and entertaining address
by Mr. Arthur Elliott of San Francisco,
formerly of Sacramento. Mr. Elliott's ad-
dress dealt with the advance made in the
electrical field and the growth of its in-
dustries as related to organized eflFort on
the part of those interested in the indus-
try as a whole.
On Thursday of Electrical Week the
Rotary Club held its luncheon in the ex-
hibit room and gave over its meeting to
the representative electrical men belong-
ing to that organization and to a number
of invited guests.
Wide publicity was given the celebra-
tion and demonstrators were at hand
throughout the week to explain and dem-
onstrate the various devices on display.
Tiie exhibit was attended by over 3000
people and many good results are defi-
nitely known to have been obtained from
the efi'orts put forth. In this, our most
enthusiastic expectations were surpassed
and all concerned have declared our
labors well rewarded.
Pacific Service Magazine
313
Sacramento showed a three quarter mil-
lion dollar advance in building last year
over 1915, according to the annual report
of City Building Inspector W. B. Rohl,
just filed with the City Commissioner of
Public Works.
The figures show that during 1916 Sac-
ramento had $2,102,158 worth of build-
ing against $1,395,578 in 1915. New resi-
dences to the value of $289,177 were
built. The biggest job of the year was
the Sacramento City Hall of Justice,
which still is under construction and will
cost $200,000 when completed.
Among the larger buildings are also
listed the Native Sons' Building to cost
$160,000; Scottish Rite Temple, $100,000;
alterations to the Heilbron Estate Build-
ing for C. W. Goddard's moving picture
theatre, $60,000; Southern Pacific boiler
shop, $55,000; Overland garage, $50,000;
Dr. Atkinson's apartment building, $50,-
000; alterations to Hotel Land, $38,000;
Women's Building at State Fair grounds,
$30,000. Four buildings of the County
Hospital group are almost completed at
a cost of $150,000. The Capital National
Bank Building, although started late in
1915, was completed in 1916 and at a
cost of $200,000.
The first large building projected for
1917 is the Wood-Curtis Building in the
wholesale district at Front and J streets,
which will cost in the neighborhood of
$45,000. This reflects some prosperity in
Sacramento and the growth is further re-
flected in our organization, for when the
district offices were moved to our new
four-story building a little over three
years ago but two floors were occupied,
while now practically all four floors are
utilized.
full pay while away and have thanked
the company for their thoughtfulness and
generosity.
Chico District
Mr. E. R. Pryor underwent an opera-
tion December 12th, and at the present
time is doing very nicely. His many
friends all hope for a successful and
speedy recovery.
Leonard Fulton and Harris Blasingame,
two office employees from this district,
were with the Second Infantry, stationed
at Nogales, Arizona, during the past few
months. They were mustered out of
service November 15th and are now back.
They had a lot of experience, enjoyed
the trip and were indeed glad to get
home. These boys were allowed their
The city will install very shortly an
improved system of street lighting for
the business section. There will be fifty
luminous 5-amp. series arc lamps mounted
on 14-foot standards of improved design.
The specifications call for four arcs to
the block staggared and each standard
to be equipped with a separate cut-out
which will allow the desired lamps to be
cut out after midnight. This system will
be owned by the city. H. B. Heryford.
Colusa District
Estimates have been approved for in-
creasing the transformer capacity at the
Cheney Slough Irrigation Company's
pumping plant north of Colusa to 600
k. w. This increase is necessary on ac-
count of the additional load that is ex-
pected to be taken on in the coming
season. L. H. Hartsock.
City Trustees Offer Site for Rice Mill.
(From The Colusa Sun, December 19, 1916)
Two of the most important develop-
ment projects ever presented Colusa were
announced today by members of the
Board of Town Trustees. One of these
was the announcement of the establish-
ment of a municipal landing, having a
frontage of 560 feet, between Fourth and
a section midway, and the other the an-
nouncement that between Second and
Third streets the town of Colusa would
give the choice of two sites to any in-
dividual or company for the establish-
ment of a rice mill in this town.
The sites for the rice mill are either
on the site of the old Cook's water works,
or a section of eight acres just northwest
of the Farmer's Warehouse Company's
warehouse.
The establishment of a rice mill in
Colusa would be of great benefit to the
county and town, and as an inducement
the town will give either of the two sites
mentioned as a gift to the individual or
company desiring to locate here.
"Colusa County had 25,000 acres under
rice this year," said Phil Arnold, one of
the members of the City Council and one
of the largest rice growers in the county
today, "and it is likely that next year it
will be increased by 10,000 acres. Colusa
County now ranks second only to Butte
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County in the production of rice in Cali-
fornia and the estahlishment of a rice
mill here would not only reap benefit
for its sponsors but also for every rice
grower."
With the large country to draw from
Colusa would certanly reap great benefit
from the establishment of a rice mill
here. The Board of Town Trustees are
to be commended highly for their fore-
sight and decision in making such a gift.
A rice mill could be kept busy prac-
tically all of the year and would bring
further prosperity to a county which is
now ranked as one of the most prosper-
ous in the entire State,
The establishment of a municipal wharf
is also a commendatory action and will
allow the handling of freight without
congestion. It will also encourage ship-
ping. No tolls will be taken for the use
of the landing.
Yolo District
In closing a letter addressed to Mr.
Coons, manager of Yolo District, Mrs. H,
J. Shute, principal of the Esparto Union
High School, in regard to the rendering
of our bills for electric service supplied
the above institution, says, "\Vith best
wishes for a year to yourself and com-
pany as bright and comfortable as your
supply of electricity makes our new
building." C E. Sedgwick.
Solano District
In Sacramento, on January 6th, Mr. W.
S. ('lufT, accountant of Solano District,
and Miss Kathcrine Stinger of Placerville
were united in the bonds of matrimony.
The bride, a charming and accomplished
young lady, comes from one of the oldest
families of Placerville, where she has re-
sided during the greater portion of her
life. Mr. Cluff, who hails from Lodi, has
been the accountant of the Solano Dis-
trict at Dixon for the past five years. It
is needless to say that hearty congratula-
tions and the best wishes go to the young
couple from Mr. ClufT's friends and asso-
ciates in "Pacific Service."
San Francisco District
Mr. Otto A. Knopp, superintendent of
our "Pacific Service" laboratory, has re-
cently returned from a brief visit in the
East. While in Cleveland he attended a
meeting of the Meter Committee of the
National Electric Light Association. This
meeting was largely attended by repre-
sentatives of the manufacturers and by
many operating men, there being exhib-
ited many of the latest developments in
electrical metering equipment for use
both in field and laboratory.
Mr. Knopp had the opportunity to
demonstrate new types of apparatus of
his own design developed on the system
of "Pacific Service." This equipment
aroused much interest and, by request,
was subsequently exhibited at the fac-
tories of several of the manufacturing
companies and at the Bureau of Stan-
dards in Washington.
From Cleveland Mr. Knopp made the
circuit through Schnectady, Lynn, New
York, Newark, W^ashington, D. C, and
Springfield, 111., visiting the laboratories
and factories of several of the manufac-
turing companies, as well as the Bureau
of Standards at W^ashington. Many in-
teresting developments were found to be
temporarily delayed due to scarcity of
raw material and to the unsettled indus-
trial conditions. However, he saw much
that was of interest and obtained many
new ideas, some of which will be intro-
duced in his department in the work of
the coming year.
Mr. Guy Austin Barker, graduate of the
University of California, class of 1914,
estimator for the Electric Distribution
Department, and Miss Fisk Bredberg were
married Christmas Day by Rev. J. A. Jen-
sen, paster of the Danish Baptist Church
of Oakland, at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. C. M. Wiggers, 1529 Eighty-
eighth Avenue, Oakland, in the presence
of relatives and friends who had gath-
ered to enjoy Christmas dinner.
No one present knew of the plans of
the young couple. They had been en-
gaged to marry, and a date set for the
latter part of January. Barker was the
last to arrive for dinner, which w^as
scheduled to be served at 2 o'clock. He
made his appearance with a friend, who
later proved to be Rev. Jensen. They
took their places at the table and then, to
the astonishment of the guests, Mr. Bar-
ker and Miss Bredberg arose and were
married.
We are connecting up 11,000-volt serv-
ice to supply the Pacific Foundry Com-
pany, on Harrison Street, between Eight-
eenth and Nineteenth streets, with 150-
k. w., 2-phase current for electric smelter.
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. MgKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Brixton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miller
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Ghables T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Brixton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
P" H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Gonsulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. GoGEtLAN Manager Claims Department
G. P. GuxxEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. Jollyman Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. G. Vensano Civil and HydrauUc Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Conmiercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUARTEB8 MANAGER
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa L. H. Harxsock
CONXRA CosxA Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
^^UM Colfax James Marxin
Llecxra Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marin San Rafael W. H. Fosxer
Marysville MarysviUe J. E. Poingdesxrb
Napa Napa CD. Clark
i^EVADA Nevada City John Werry
Pexaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramenxo Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holberxon
San JoAQum Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kusxer
Sanxa Rosa Santa Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon G. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Sxephens
Yolo Woodland J, W. Coons
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,716,894 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
Electricity
Gas
126
47
10
1
1,116,952
1,165,227
45,350
75,000
48
2
7
120,431
7,800
16,500
174
49
17
1
1,237,383
1,173,027
61,850
75,000
Railway
Place Population
'Alameda 28.000
'Albany 1.502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•-'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
•Aptos 300
•Atherton 250
»- 'Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
•Ben Lomond . . 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3,000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1.000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15,000
'Colfax 850
'Colraa 1,800
'Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
*- "Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3.000
Crow'sLanding 300
TJaly City. . . . 4,800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1.700
Decoto 300
•Dixon 1,100
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
•-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•ElVerano. .. 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
•Forest ville . . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
'Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
'Guerneville , . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborougli. .
'Hollister
•- 'lone
Irvington
'- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Liverraore ....
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marys ville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley . . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
MokelumneHill
Population
3,000
250
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
. 35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1,050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
300
Population Place
•Morgan Hill . .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
-'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
•Novato.
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
sOakland 215,000
Oakley 200
•Occidental 600
Pacheco 250
-'Palo Alto 5,200
Paradise 500
Patterson 500
Penn Grove . . . 300
•Penryn 250
Perkins 250
'Petaluma 7,500
'Piedmont 3,000
'Pike City 200
'Pinole 850
Pittsburg 5,000
Pleasanton 1,500
Port Costa 1,000
'Redwood City. 3.000
- 'Richmond .... 16.000
Rio Vista 1.000
•Rocklin 1,000
'Rodeo 300
-'Rose ville 3,000
'Ross 800
'Sacramento. . . 75,000
San Andreas . . 750
'San Anselmo.. 2,500
'San Bruno 1,500
'San Francisco. 560.000
'San Jose 45,000
•San J uan .
'San Leandro. .
San Lorenzo . .
•San M artin . . .
'San M ateo
•San Pablo . . . .
'San Quentin . .
'San Rafael . . . .
326
4,000
400
200
5.500
500
2,500
6,000
•Santa Clara. . .
•Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
'Shellville
Sheridan
Smartsville . . .
•Soquel
•Sonoma
'South San
Francisco . . .
- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
•Stege .
Population
6,000
13,600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
'- 'Stockton '.'.'.'.'. 35,000
Suisun.
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . .
Sutter City. .
•Sutter Creek.
Tiburon
•Tres Pinos. . .
•Vaca ville .
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
'- «Vallejo ..!;;; ! 12,'500
•Vineburg
Walnut Creek .
Warm Springs.
•Watsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns. .1,335,383
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,716,894
' — Gas, Electricity and Water. ' — Electricity supplied through other companies.
* — Gas. Elect, and St. Railways. ' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Electricity and Water. ' — Water supplied through other companies.
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*TACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
N December 20th, 1916 "Pacific Service" supplied the
simultaneous demand of its electrical consumers, amounting
to 189,000 horsepower. CThis is the largest load that the
Company has ever been called upon to supply, and is equivalent
to a load of 5,640,000-25 Watt lamps.
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tturdy vrniilaiinK tans, gen-
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REPRESENT years of concentration
on the details of single-phase
motor design. The results are
partly shown on this page.
All mechanical and electrical char-
acteristics have been selected to ren-
der high service efficiency to the user.
The ^^ Motors are especially suit-
ed for installations where a heavy
load must be started and a small
starting current required.
Type ^J Motors are built in sizes
from 1 to 20 H. P. for 110 (9 220 volts.
Ask our nearest representative about
^^ Motors for your requirements.
RI Sliding Bite— SifiKlr Screw. Adapt-
able for floor, wall or ceiling iU»pension.
General Electric Company
General Office: Schenectady, N. Y.
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Contents for February, 1917.
Midwinter Scenes in "Pacific Service" Ter-
ritory Frontispiece
THE REBUILDING OF SONOMA COUNTY
GAS PROPERTIES Van E. Britton
NE^V MANAGERS FOR NEVADA AND CO-
LUSA DISTRICTS F. 5. M. . . .
CALIFORNIA GUARDSMEN ON THE MEXI-
CAN BORDER Wm. B. Biirbeck . 324
FLOOD LIGHTING SHOWS PROGRESSIVE
SPIRIT OF OAKLAND'S BUSINESS FIRMS H. E. Sandoval
FRESNO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AN UP-
TO-DATE INSTITUTION M.L.Xeely .
"PACIFIC SERVICE" RIFLE CLUB SHOOT
No. 1 W.B.Mel . .
HONOR TO A RETIRING EMPLOYEE 334
OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" EMPLOYEES' AS-
SOCIATION— Its Purposes and Prospects Henry Bostunck . 335
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F.HockenbeamerSSS
EDITORIAL 340
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 342
317
323
328
330
332
Index to Advertisers
Allis-Chaliners Mfg. Go v
Associated Oil Go ix
Baldwin & Howell 3d page cJover
Chapliii-Fiilton Mfg. Co viii
Day, Thomas Co ix
General Klectric Co '. iv
General Gas LiRht Go v
Goodyear Rubber Co vii
National City Company 4th page cover
Pacific Meter Go ix
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. .2d page cover
Pelton Water Wheel Cm viii
Pierson, Hooding & Co vi
Roebling, John A., Sons Go x
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc viii
Sprague Meter Co viii
Standard Underground Cable Co ix
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Go vii
Wells Farj-'o Novada Nat. Bank. ..•id page cover
Welsbacli (".ompany x
Western Pipe vV Steel Co. of California vii
Weslinjihouse Klectric & Mfg. Co xi
Wood, R. D., & Co vi
Michv inter scenes in "I'liciflc Service" lerritory, Sierra Nevada region
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
Volume VIII
FEBRUARY, 1917
Number 9
The Rebuilding of the Sonoma County
Gas Properties
By VAX E. BRITTOX, Assistant Engineer Gas Department
THE early history of gas lighting in
Sonoma County, California, is veiled
in partial obscurity as most of the rec-
ords were destroyed in the fire of 1906
in San Francisco and Santa Rosa.
As long ago as 1862 the town of Peta-
limia could boast of a gas plant, for in
that year a gasoline gas plant was built
to supply the business houses and a few
residences. Some years later a Van Sickle
oil-gas plant was constructed which did
duty until March 25, 1902, when the first
high-pressure gas transmission line was
completed between Santa Rosa and Peta-
luma. Nothing now remains of the old
plant, and even at the time of its taking
over there was so little in the way of
valuable equipment that the California
Central Gas and Electric Company, prede-
cessor of our company, did not consider
rebuilding the property.
It was just ten years after the intro-
duction of gas in Petaluma that Messrs.
E. T. Farmer and Geo. P. Noonan, both of
Santa Rosa, established a Maxim gasoline
gas plant at Fifth and Mendocino streets,
now in the center of the business dis-
trict. This plant produced a gas of high
illuminating value from 86 per cent gaso-
line and served about ninety consumers
who cheerfully paid $5 per thousand
cubic feet for this light which shamed
the noonday sun.
Four years later, on June 8, 1876, the
Santa Rosa Gas Light Company, with Mr.
L. A. Kelly as superintendent, put into
service a bench of five coal-gas retorts.
These were built on the site of the pres-
ent plant and their foundations were
unearthed when the new holder was con-
structed eight years ago. The outlet from
the works was a 4-inch cast-iron main.
A portion of this main is still in service.
In 1879 Mr. John A. Paxton bought the
plant and reduced the price of gas to
$4.50 per thousand cubic feet. Mr. Pax-
ton died in 1887 and Mr. Thomas Bishop,
attorney for the estate, negotiated the
sale of the property to Mr. C. O. G. Mil-
ler, a director of our company, Mr. J. M.
Livingston and Mr. W. B. Cline, now
president of the Los Angeles Gas and
Electric Corporation.
The reorganization of the company
then took place under the name of the
Santa Rosa Lighting Company. Mr. Jos.
Berry was installed as manager, the rate
was reduced to $3 and a 12,000-cubic
foot gas holder built, as the output had
reached 15,000 cubic feet per day. Some-
times the supply of gas coal gave out, but
those hardy pioneers of our great indus-
try substituted grape pumice and the
consumer remained blissfully ignorant.
In 1895 Mr. Axel Gutch became super-
intendent and installed the third bench
of five retorts.
From 1898 to 1900 Mr. Philip Meyer
operated the plant under a lease with an
option to buy, but abandoned it to Mr.
Miller in the latter part of the year, who
again reduced the price to $2.50. The
make was then about 30,000 cubic feet
per day.
On August 1, 1901, the property was
taken over by the California Central Gas
and Electric Corporation who had Mr.
L. P. Lowe build for them an oil-gas gen-
erator the following year preparatory
to supplying Petaluma through a 2-inch
transmission line then being built. Mr.
Lowe's superintendent of construction
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was Robt. H. Hargreaves, now our super-
inlt'iulcnt of the gas works at San Jose.
The rate was reduced to S2 for lighting
and $1.50 for fuel gas. The make and
sales increased rapidly, reaching 65,000
cubic feet per day in 1903, 150,000 cubic
feet daily in 1908 and 350,000 per day in
1!>15.
Since 1901 Petaluma has increased in
population and importance until it rivals
Santa Hosa as a consumer of gas. But at
the time of the building of the transmis-
sion line Santa Rosa was the logical site
for the gas works, not only because of
its size but because the original plant
contained a great deal of available appa-
ratus, while the works at Petaluma would
require complete reconstruction. These
facts overshadowed the disadvantage of
transporting oil from Petaluma, which
stood at the headwaters of navigation,
and pumping the gas back there from
Santa Rosa. And so it came to pass that
Santa Rosa became the gas-generating
center for Sonoma County.
For some time past, however, it has
been realized that the exceptional growth
of gas sales in Sonoma County demanded
a general reconstruction of the several
gas properties there. In December, 1915,
a general survey was made, with the re-
sult that an extensive plan was adopted
for the improvement of the gas works at
Santa Rosa, providing, also, a system of
trunk feeders to the distribution system
of that city, the completion of a new
transmission line to Petaluma, one-half
of which had been laid during the prior
two years, and the replacement of de-
fective and inadequate mains in the Peta-
luma distribution system. The writer
I)uri)oses to briefly describe these im-
I)r()vements in the above order, which
may or may nr)t be chronological, as sev-
eral bits of the work were under way at
the same time.
GAS WORKS
liiiildings. — The latest gas generator
li:i<l been built in the open and the cov-
ering of this api)aratus was a part of the
improvements. The building extension
is steel frame throughout, covered with
corrugated galvanized iron.
The compressor and engine room is an
entirely new building built of corrugated
iron on a wood frame. The fire hazard
being extremely limited in this room,
steel was not used, but the wood was
treated with a fire-retarding cement
paint.
Between the generator and engine-room
buildings there was an old wing of the
original generator room which housed
the compressors and exhausters before
the new room was built. This has been
torn down, and thereby not only has the
general appearance of the plant been im-
proved, but the fire risk has been re-
duced and greater light and ventilation
given to both buildings.
A new pump house was built on the
banks of the river six feet above the
location of the old building which each
year was flooded during the season of
high water.
The regulators, controlling valves, ori-
fice meter plate and recording thermom-
eter on the high-pressure transmission
lines were housed, and a covered pipe
rack and transformer platform was pro-
vided near the warehouse, as well as an
automobile and wagon shed.
A general change and wash room with
all conveniences, including individual
steel lockers for each employee, shower,
steam heat, etc., was provided in a cor-
ner of the warehouse building, and there,
as well, the superintendent's office was
re-arranged with a modern laboratory
equipped with a Junkers calorimeter,
Hempel improved gas analysis set, spe-
cific gravity bottle, oil testing equipment,
photometer and Referees sulphur testing
burette.
All of the pumps formerly scattered
about the yard were grouped together in
the room under the water tank.
Each room is lighted with both gas
and electricity. Permanent cement floors
have been laid and all interiors painted
with a dark cream-color alabastine. The
effect is pleasing, more light secured, and
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Several fire stations
have been located at
points selected by the
Property Agent.
The Yard. ^Except-
ing for the confining of
the lampblack storage
and the removal of the
open tar wells, nothing
much has been done to
beautify the yard. It is
hoped that in the near
future a macadam drive
and walk will be put in
with borders of plants
and lawns around.
in the event of any dirt
'appearing, it is so no-
ticeable that it is im-
iimediately washed off.
The exteriors of all
buildings have been
painted a standard buff
} color adapted from the
Electric Department. A
black wainscoting four
feet high has been pro-
vided— artistically as a
trim, practically to keep
the splash of dirt from
the yard from being too
j prominent against the
lighter color.
Upper, general view of Santa llosa gas works; middle, yard of
Santa Rosa gas works; lower, storage and relief holder
and compressor tanks.
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The Generators. — The housing of the
large generator was the most essential
bit of work to be done, though hardly
as effective in appearance as the recon-
struction of the oil and steam piping and
the valve control of the gas machines.
This work also included the oil pump
and heater. Lever type of stack and
blast valve control was succeeded by the
rack and pinion method, which not only
added safety to the control system but
increased the efFiciency of the generators
by shortening the time of changing runs.
Auxiliary Equipment. — The original
equipment of two small compressors was
supplemented by a large duplex motor-
driven compressor. These are installed
side by side and occupy one-half of the
new engine room. In one corner is the
gas work substation connected with the
main substation by an underground cable.
All of the power and lighting circuits are
controlled from this board which is mod-
ern in every respect. In the other end
of this room is the Chollar washer, the
Hoot exhauster, the low-pressure booster,
the revivifying fan and the meters. The
meter arrangement is as follows:
The gas delivered to the low-pressure
system of Santa Rosa is measured through
a rotary station meter having a capacity
of 25,000 cubic feet per hour. The Peta-
luma and Sebastopol transmission lines
are so controlled by valves that either
one or both of them can be connected
with a Foxboro orifice meter to deter-
mine the output; and a Venturi meter
tube with a Type Q recorder placed be-
tween the purifiers and the storage holder
meters all of the gas made at the plant.
All of these meters are particularly
adapted to the class and type of work
wiiich they are doing.
Operating floor and generating room.
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321
proof telephone booth
was built in this room
and both the private
and Sunset phones in-
stalled there.
A drip wagon for use
about the yard was
built which did away
with the tar wells and
drains, which were not
only unsightly but, also,
were the source of con-
siderable extra work
each day in the double
handling of the tar.
Compressor room.
In an endeavor to
establish a systematic
method of painting
not only the buildings
but the several shells,
piping and machinery
units of the company's
gas plant, several
kinds and colors of
paint were tried dur-
ing this reconstruc-
tion work. The net
result was the adop-
tion of the following
standards: Interior
shells, dark green; exterior shells, red
with black base; machinery, green with
black or red trim; steam pipes, covered
and painted black; oil pipes, green;
water pipes, red; gas pipes, 2-inch and
under, butf; gas pipes over 2-inch, black;
blast pipes, red; interior woodwork, ce-
ment gray; building interiors, alabastine.
These several colors might seem too
varied, but the result is pleasing and the
benefits of knowing the purpose and
character of each pipe from its color is
most satisfactory.
A gas test light from the scrubbers and
indicating boards from the holders were
installed in the generator room. A sound-
Another view of compressor r.oom showing gas booster and washer.
SANTA ROSA TRUNK LINES
The growth of consumers and con-
sumption in the outlying sections was
accompanied by a gradual dropping of
pressures. This w^as remedied by the lay-
ing of two 4-inch cast-iron mains, one to
the northeast and one to the northwest
part of the city. Several important tie-
ins were also made, with the result that
a very even pressure is now constantly
maintained throughout the system.
PETALUMA TRANSMISSION MAIN
In 1914 four miles of the Santa Rosa-
Petaluma line was relaid and the follow-
ing year an equal amount was done. This
brought the new 4-inch main as far as
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Colati, and in March of last year aullior-
ity was given to coniplelc the line. Pipe
was delivered in September and work
was begun at once. The ditch was dug
with an Austin trcnchinf* machine, the
pipe welded and wrapped and on tlie
highway a tamping machine was used to
replace the ditch properly. As each mile
was completed it was tied in and the old
line abandoned. Although each section
abandoned showed extreme pitting and
corrosion the reduction of leakage was
not great until the last mile was replaced.
Where from seventy-five to one hundred
pounds pressure had been carried at
Santa Rosa but fifteen pounds was now
necessary. This was partially due to the
increased size of the line, though the
elimination of leaks accounted for most
of the drop in pressure.
PETALUMA MAINS
Soil conditions in certain sections of
this city are very hard on steel pipe.
Several of the mains laid in the early
days are now too small to deliver the
amount of gas required by the consumers
served by them. To remedy these con-
ditions it was determined to replace all
small mains as well as those which had
been afiected by the sf)il action. These
were welded and covered with a preser-
vative tar applied hot and then wrapped
with a protective pipe covering which,
in turn, was coated with the hot tar.
Service pipes were similarly treated and
it is expected that the life of both mains
and services will be increased many
years.
The compressor station at Pctaluma
has been remodeled, the old 2000-volt
motor having been replaced by a 220-
volt motor. The compression tanks have
been provided with 4-inch inlet and out-
let manifolds with a 4-inch welded and
wrapped main from them to the center
of distribution. This line was run in the
same ditch with the transmission main
from Santa Rosa.
The old wooden oil tank was replaced
with a steel tank of greater capacity with
a motor-driven pump for loading oil tank
cars.
To sum up, it may be stated that all
of the company's property in Sonoma
County has been brought up to date in
every respect and is now in such con-
dition that "Pacific Service" is assured
for manv vears to come.
i
Why is a Gas Oven Superior to a Coal Oven?
One reason which has been advanced
to explain why the circulating type of gas
oven is better than the old type of coal
oven for baking or roasting, is that food
is cooked by heated air or Hue products
in the gas oven and chiefly by radiation
of heat from the walls in the coal oven,
with the result that the food cooked by
gas loses less weight and retains more of
the nutritive juices, etc., than if it were
cooked in a coal stove oven.
The scientific reasons in explanation of
the above-named results of cooking in the
two respective types of oven are the
facts that the hot air or combustion prod-
ucts in the gas carry considerable water
vapor which retards the loss of juices,
etc., from the food and at the same time
i'ai)i(lly conducts the necessary heat for
cooking to the food while the hot and
comparative dry air in the coal stove
oven facilitates the loss of juices and
weights by the food which is subjected
to a sort of drying out during the cook-
ing process by heat radiated from the
oven walls. — Gas Institute Xeios.
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New Managers for Nevada and Colusa Districts
Two important changes in the district
organization of "Pacific Service" went
into effect on the first of February when
Mr. L. H. Hartsock was transferred from
L. H. Hartsock.
the management of the Colusa District to
that of the Nevada District, succeeding
the late John Werry, while Mr. Ralph H.
Aver, assistant manager of the Nevada
District, took Mr. Hartsock's place in
Colusa.
Both appointees are comparatively
young men and owe their promotion to
nothing but merit. Lou Hartsock was
born in Whitley County, Indiana, in 1874.
In 1893 he came to California and served
an apprenticeship as carpenter and mill-
wright. He worked at this trade until
the spring of 1901, when he joined a con-
struction crew of the Bay Counties Power
Company, which was operating at the
time between the Sacramento River and
Davis on bay lines 1 and 2 running from
Colgate to San Francisco. In April of the
same year he was given a position as
lineman for the Woodland Gas and Elec-
tric Company, and assisted in the recon-
struction of electric lines in that vicinitv.
Hartsock stayed in Woodland District
ten years, serving in the various capaci-
ties of gas superintendent, electric fore-
man and general foreman of the district.
In June, 1911, he left Woodland to take
charge of the Colusa District of "Pacific
Service."
Ralph Aver is a native of Grass Valley.
He was born there a little over thirty
years ago. He was educated at the high
school and also graduated from the Grass
Valley Business College. In 1902, when
not quite sixteen years of age, he went to
work for the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company at Grass Valley as register clerk
under the management of Mr. J. E. Poing-
destre. He filled this position for three
years and after that worked in the same
district under the management of Mr.
John Werry for about five years. When
Mr. Don C. Ray, who had been acting as
Manager Werry's assistant, was appointed
manager of the Contra Costa District,
young Aver was advanced to the position
of assistant manager of the Nevada Dis-
trict. He retained this position up to the
time of his recent promotion.
R. H. Aver.
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»l iiiililiiiy taiii|i-li(r on tin- Mcxicim border. Mciidinn led to right from the top down-
ward, those show : An iiiternjitional houiulary post ; playtiil duelling with lirush knives;
conference of leaders. Major-Cieiieral .1. Franklin Hell, l'. S. A., greets Hrigadier-
Gcneral Wankowski of the California National (luard. IJrigadier-dencral
Pliimnier. U. S. A., making the third figure in the picture; a bit of
local color; the writer with a friendly native; Hed Hock school-
house, the only one within sevcnty-flve miles.
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325
California Guardsmen on the Mexican
Border
By \V>[. B. BURBECK, Sales Department.
Master Signal Electrician, California Signal Corps.
ON the 19th day of last June, when
the President called into mobiliza-
tion camps all the National Guardsmen of
the United States and mustered them into
Federal service, very few of the men had
any idea of what lay before them. Ru-
mors of war, intervention, sniping, hot
deserts, poisonous insects and a relentless
enemy were the chief topics of discus-
sion during such idle moments as oc-
curred between physical examinations,
vaccinations, innoculations, issuance of
equipment and clothing, and camp duties.
This period of expectancy proved, how-
ever, to be of short duration. July 4th
saw the last of the California Guard en-
training at Sacramento for "somewhere"
on the Mexican border. That "some-
where" we found out two days later to
be Nogales, Arizona, and here the Cali-
fornia Brigade headquarters remained as
long as the Guard stayed on the southern
boundary.
Nogales, a town of possibly a thousand
white people and four or five times as
many Mexicans,
lies partly in Ari-
zona and partly in
Sonora, Mexico,
the international
boundary cutting
through the center
of the town. It is
the terminal of the
Southern Pacific
Railroad running
south from Tuc-
son and the initial
point of the Sud
Pacifico de Mexico
which continues
south through
Hermosillo to the
port of Guaymas. Here lims
The location of Nogales thus makes it
one of the four strategic military points
of entrance into Mexico should interven-
tion become necessary, and it is here that
about 17,000 of the 140,000 regulars and
guardsmen on the border were stationed
when the writer was there. Military
camps of every description were located
for a radius of two miles about the Amer-
ican side of the town, besides outposts
farther along the line both east and west.
" Our first impression of border life was
an everchanging medley of excitement,
expectancy and preparation. Everywhere
soldiers, trainmen, teamsters, truck driv-
ers, government agents, local and outside
merchants and laborers were encounter-
ing the greatest difficulty in trying to ac-
complish their own endeavors and still
keep out of the way of one another.
In such a country provisions, fuel, hay,
grain and general supplies could not be
procured, so they had to be shipped in
by railroad. I have seen a train of thirty
to forty cars loaded with nothing but fire-
X<>^;;i Ics, Ai'izdiia.
and power poles mark llie Nation's border.
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wood, and similar ti'ains loaded with hay
and grain were at first almost a daily oc-
currence. The regular reserve supplj' of
hav usually covered an acre and was
equipment of the hospital was most com-
plete with its emergency water reservoir,
sanitary sewerage, commodious operating
rooms. X-ray apparatus, and dispensaries.
Another feature
which indicated
the preparedness
on the border and
the permanency
of Camp Stephen
11. Little (the post
being named for
tlie first United
Slates soldier shot
in Nogales during
the recent trouble)
was the truck
camp. Here were
located five motor
truck companies,
each company
comprising thirty-three trucks and driv-
ers, a truck master, and a lieutenant. To
take care of the necessary work and re-
pairs a large machine shop of permanent
design had been erected and housed suffi-
cient machinery to completely assemble
or rebuild trucks with the utmost dis-
patch. The motor truck has proved its
superiority over the time-honored govern-
ment mule where time and service are
essential. In an emergency the foot-sol-
diery can be loaded in trucks with all
their e(iuipment and cover a couple of
luindred miles a dav, if need be, instead
A view at the truck camp showing some of the reserve units
of transportation.
stacked from twenty to twenty-five bales
high. The usual supply of firewood,
stacked about eight feet high, covered
two acres or more. On all sides supplies,
clothing and ammunition were piled up
on hastily constructed platforms and cov-
ered with tarpaulins or temporary roof-
ing. Every available building suitable for
the purpose was secured and used for
warehouse or storage even before the
militia had entrained from their mobili-
zation camps.
Shortly after the arrival of the Cali-
fornia troops at Nogales the Government
completed a per-
manent Base Hos-
pital sufficiently
large to take care
of a thousand i)a-
tients should such
an occasion be-
come necessary.
In an emergency
there was abun-
dant room for the
erection of hospi-
tal lents, each of
whicli would ac-
c o 111 111 o d a t e a
dozen rots. The Sliuwing the t;rc;il iuivantagc uf motor truilis \vlu'ii
"strike tents."
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Water holes were few and far between. We were loth to move on when the noon hour
was over.
of the twenty-five miles by foot with the
mule trains carrying the camp equipment.
The administration of the affairs for
such a body proved in nowise an easy
matter, but under the master hand of
General Plummer, U. S. A., the command-
ing officer of the Nogales District, the
militia officers did exceedingly well con-
. sidering their inexperience in field af-
fairs. General Wankowski, commanding
officer of the California Brigade, handled
matters in such a way as to make for the
greatest efficiency, and certain it is that
the men in their work and association
with other guardsmen from Idaho, Utah,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington
(D. C), and Alabama, as well as soldiers
from all branches of the regular service,
came in for much favorable comment.
With most of the Californians the sum-
mer on the border was a new and varied
experience. The novelty of long drills,
routine camp duties, very simple food
and existence in tents waned as the heat
of summer increased. Although most of
the boys stood up exceedingly well un-
der the conditions and became almost as
I sinewy and brown as the natives them-
selves, the change was too sudden from
the comforts of their home life to prove
attractive for long. Never have I seen
news more joyfully received than when,
in October, it was known that orders had
been received to return to our own State.
Among the guardsmen who helped to
uphold the good name of the Native Sons'
militia were the following men of "Pa-
cific Service":
Alameda County District: W. E. Hal-
sey, A. W. McMoyler, M. R. Emerson, H.
A. Skoglund, W. L. Burnell, R. Cox, A.
Reddan.
Chico District: H. Blasingame, L. J.
Fulton.
Marin District: Cliff Langford, H. Fur-
long, H. Harris, A. H. Skinner, O. Martin-
son, A. Plette, F. Hoppesberger.
Sacramento District: R. F. Robinson.
San Francisco District: Lester R. Glas-
son.
San Joaquin District: H. T. Hunt.
San Jose Di-strict: L. E. Ruf, E. W.
Rowe, Wm. Maxwell.
Head Office Departments: W. B. Bur-
beck, A. D. Crittenden, W. Carlon, Fred
W. Akerhielm.
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Good results of flood-liKhting upon huildiiigs in Oakliiiul. Rrnding left to riglit, from the top
downward, these views are of Kahn's IJcpartnient Store; A. J. Woodward Building;
I'irst National Hank; H. C. Capwell & Co.; Helianic Theatre; Lighting Wall Signs.
Pacific Service Magazine
329
Flood Lighting Shows Progressive
Spirit of Oakland's Business Firms
By H. E. SANDOVAL, Commercial Department, Alameda County District
FLOOD lighting has already taken a
prominent place in the lighting
scheme of Oakland's downtown section.
The marvelous illuminating effects seen
at the Panama-Pacific International Expo-
sition are being duplicated on the fronts
of Oakland houses.
It is the unusual beauty of flood light-
ing that makes it the most distinctive and
effective form of publicity that can be
given a building. Studded lights, quite
commonly used, attract the eye to them-
selves but they obliterate details of de-
sign and appeal merely as so many bright
spots against a dark background. At a
distance, one building appears the same
as another and the primary effect, fixing
the shape, design and location of the
building upon the public mind, is not
realized. Flood lighting, on the other
hand, brings out the architectural design
and beauty by night as by day. People
stop and look. The firm and location are
fixed upon the public mind. The instal-
lation can be made at but small expense
without marring the building surface
with exposed wiring or light bulbs. The
projectors are located on some near-by
building out of sight of the public eye.
Thus, the edifice itself is seen and not the
source of light.
The first installation was made by the
Reliance Theatre, Seventeenth and Clay
streets, as one of their opening features.
The delicate coloring of the facades is
particularly attractive by day and doubly
so by night with a shower of white light
and a dark background. As the project-
ors were located on a near-by building
and were invisible from the street, the
illumination proved rather mysterious to
many.
Flood lights supplanted outline lights
on the Woodward Building, Thirteenth
and Clay, and a battery of projectors on
the San Pablo front of Kahn Bros. De-
partment Store makes it one of the most
distinctive and attractive stores on the
Plaza Square.
The First National Bank Building was
illuminated for the first time as a feature
of Electrical Week. Located as it is on
the gore of Broadway and San Pablo, it
is visible the entire length of Broadway,
and by night is the most prominent build-
ing in Oakland. The holiday season saw
the Clay and Fourteenth Street faces of
H. C. Capwell and Company Department
Store stand forth in all their white splen-
dor from this indirect illumination.
Projectors are placed on the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company's building and
smaller installations have been sold to
the Weaver, Abies, Wells Auto Agency and
the Grant D. Miller Undertaking Parlors.
While, as yet, flood lighting has been
applied mainly to buildings, manufactur-
ers and merchants are not slow to realize
its possibilities for billboard lighting and
signs on water tanks, chimneys, walls and
other inaccessible places where illumina-
tion by any other means would be im-
practicable. Installations for wall signs
are being made by the Sperry Flour Com-
pany, First and Clay, and the Oakland
Bank of Savings. The illustration shows
a wall sign illuminated along with the
First National Bank.
On Saturday, October 14th, the City
Plaza was illuminated by the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company for the Boy Scout
demonstration. There it was shown how
this type of lighting is adapted for large
outdoor areas during rush construction
work, street work, excavations, etc. Con-
tractors and builders were present to note
the results.
A New York editor in commenting on
the flood lighting of the world-famous
Woolworth Building wrote as follows:
"Can be seen after dark from any place
on Manhattan Island and for a distance
of fifteen miles at sea and is the main
lighthouse of New York harbor." The
illumination of the City Hall in Oakland
would be a similar feat, visible from all
the bay section, and with the present
illumination of the downtown section
would advertise Oakland as the most pro-
gressive city on the Pacific Coast. The
matter is already under consideration and
it is hoped the Council will see their way
clear to carry the project through this
spring.
Flood lighting is a step forward in the
art of illumination, and Oakland's firms
are to be congratulated on their early
participation in this progress.
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The State Normal School at Fresno.
The Fresno State Normal School
An Up'tO'Date Institution
By M. L. NEELY, Manager Fresno District
A BILL creating a State Normal School
to be located at Fresno was signed
by Governor Johnson of California on
April 10, 1911. The first sessions were
held in the fall of the same year in the
Fresno High School building. Two years
later ten acres of land, located in North
Fresno three miles from the center of
town, were donated to the school. In
September, 1913, $10,000 having been ap-
propriated by the State Legislature for
temporary buildings, the Normal School
moved to its new site. Later on there
was an additional purchase of fifteen
acres, on which the completed school
now stands.
In the early stages of construction of
the permanent buildings, the contractor,
on account of labor troubles, was obliged
to turn over the work lo the State archi-
tect, by whom it was carried to comple-
tion. By the aid of the Manual Training
Department of the Normal School the
students made the cabinets and other
equipment used in tlie Home Economics
Department.
The school building, costing $370,000,
covers approximately three and one-half
acres of ground. It is a two-story struc-
ture with courts and patios and entirely
appropriate to the climate and scenic
conditions of this locality. The architec-
ture being of a combination of Spanish
and Italian, with variations particularly
Californian, produces a decidedly pleas-
ing eff'ect.
The model primary school department
with a capacity of five hundred students
is located in the west wing. In the cen-
ter, with courts on both sides, is the main
auditorium, and in the east wing the vari-
ous divisions of science and economics.
There are, in all, two hundred and one
rooms and accommodations for one thou-
sand students. The gymnasium, which is
located in a separate building with the
power plant, contains a very complete
equipment for physical instruction.
The school was formally dedicated on
the afternoon of November 17th of this
year, and in the evening opened for
public inspection. The large attendance
demonstrated the keen interest of the
residents of Fresno and the surrounding
country in having a Normal School lo-
cated here.
In the Home Economics Department
"Pacific Service" plays its part. Here we
find a complete model apartment, prop-
erly designed and equipped, particularly
so as to its kitchen. The neatness and
simplicity of the latter is evident from
the photograph showing the interior. In
the Home Economics Department, which
was ecpiipped by "Pacific Service," an
ideal arrangement of gas stoves is pro-
vided. This consists of regular stock,
Clark Jewell gas stoves of three-burner.
Pacific Service Magazine
331
single-oven type, placed in pairs between
long tables with complete units of cook-
ing utensils and cabinets for each stu-
dent. There is also an automatic gas
water heater and a large cabinet range in
this room. The installation of these ap-
pliances is a decided improvement over
the small hot plates usually furnished for
instruction purposes, and gives the stu-
dent a greater advantage in learning the
usages of gas such as should be found in
modern homes.
Gas is also used in the cafeteria where
approximately two hundred luncheons are
served daily to students and instructors.
Here are installed two cabinet ranges, a
one-section hotel range, tank water heat-
er, dish washer and steam table. The ap-
pliances in the Domestic Science Depart-
ment of the training school consist of gas
hot plates, cabinet range, and automatic
water heater. In this section, children
as young as eight years are started on
their way in the domestic mysteries un-
der the direction of the Normal students.
A dedication dinner was given Gover-
nor Johnson and was served and pre-
pared in the model apartment entirely by
students.
The original enrollment of students in
1911 numbered one hundred and fifty-
three. At the present time there are three
hundred and forty-one future teachers in
attendance. The institution represents in
all its departments a thorough modern,
up-to-the-minute organization and is a
branch of our government of which we
can well be proud. The Home Economics
Department is capably directed by Mrs.
Blanch Taft, a graduate of Columbia Uni-
versity, who has had extensive experi-
ence in this work in other states. Mrs.
Taft comes to Fresno from Wisconsin.
The Domestic Science Department at Fresno State Normal School.
332
Pacific Service Magazine
Our "Pacific Service' Rifle Club
Shoot No. 1
\\\ \\ . B. MI:L, General Manager's Ollke
'•XTE HAVE lu'ld our first real out-
\ y door shoot — and we are ready for
more. The rifles used were our own, just
received from the Government, namely,
the 32 "Krags" or "Long Toms," and with
their first use on Sunday,
December 17th, at the
Manzanita State Range in
Marin (bounty the shoot-
ing career of the club
opened in earnest.
The Marin hills rang
with the sounds of shoot-
ing from an early hour
till dusk made the bull's-
eyes look pretty far
away. Nearly sixty mem-
bers, despite the prox-
imity of Christmas and
its busy times, appeared
at the range and tried out
over the course. Nine-
teen have qualified as
marksmen and are en-
titled to the decorations issued by the
War Department through the National
Hifle .Association.
This showing is excellent considering
the fact that the sport was entirely new
to many and the rifles total strangers to
nearly all. In addition, the sight-settings
were such that the rifles shot far from
true, making it necessary to hold some-
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On llic (irinff points stunding position.
The State rifle range at Manzanita — 20((-yar(i targils.
where near 'Tive o'clock" in the outer
part of the three-ring in order to land
in the bull's-eye. This eccentricity of
the weapon was not discovered until the
afternoon before, while
the rifles were being tar-
geted— too late to make
any alteration. Hence the
large number of bull's-
eyes made in the day's
shoot was very much to
the credit of the marks-
men participating.
.\t tiiat we had a good
time, and if there were
a few stiff shoulders or
ears ringing with the
noise of firing, they were
undoubtedly forgotten in
the interest of the mo-
ment.
Pacific Service Magazine
333
The course selected was reconiinended "Hullos." These occurrences, of course,
I by the National Rifle Association and con- meant delays and late comers could not
• sisted of twenty rounds slow fire at the start shooting; but good nature ruled the
"B" target (twenty inches in diameter)
I two hundred yards dis-
I tiiiit. Five shots were
t i red from the prone
I position, five from the
I kneeling, five from the
■ squatting, and five stand-
i ing. Then twenty more
• were fired from the same
1 positions, five at a time
' with the target exposed
I thirty seconds for each
five.
The course prescribed
I proved too slow for such
a large number of marks-
[ men, consequently a dif-
[ ferent course, that used
! by the National Guard,
vwill be used next. This
will allow the use of a greater number of
targets at one time, namely, those on the
'200, 300, 500 and 600-yard ranges. With
this arrangement everyone should be able
to get into the game and have plenty of
shooting before the day is over.
(lay. The range officers meantime were
I
Magazine Arc — squatting position.
learning a new enterprise, that of con-
ducting a rifle shoot, and the lessons
learned should prove valuable in smooth-
ing out some of the rough places in future
matches.
The rifles as shipped by the Govern-
The day was not without its delays, for ment proved to be equipped with an
*a target would now and then insist on early model rear sight without the "peep"
,'getting "out of whack" or the telephone and having no scale for windage correc-
stuhtiornly refused to transmit peevish tion. Since the shoot, all rifles have been
shipped back to the gov-
ernment arsenal and are
being fitted with a later
model of rear sight and
front sight to correspond.
With this alteration, a
fine aggregation of ex-
pert riflemen is expected
to develop, and selected
teams can give a good ac-
count of themselves and
of the club.
Plans are already un-
der way for the 1917
meets, and an active sea-
son is anticipated. With
our club now a part of
Shooting from the kneeling position. the Employees' Associa-
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Pacific Service Magazine
tion and with llic welcome assistance
which the association is willing to render
we can carry out a far nuire ambitious
schedule than if acting independently.
"PACIFIC SKRVICE" RIFLE CLUR.
Record of scores made at Maiizanita range.
December 17, 1916.
N. R. A. Marksman's Course.
slow Magazine
Name Fire Fire Total
Canfleld 92 89 181
Monroe 80 96 176
Mel 98 78 176
Jeppeson 81 87 168
Barker 80 88 168
Stein 8.3 77 160
Steele 9.3 66 159
Carpenter 78 78 156
Murphy 84 71 155
McCallum 85 68 153
Caniphell 78 75 153
Hart 85 67 152
Gorman 75 76 151
Vcnsano 75 76 151
Langford 88 63 151
Hornberger 68 82 150
Hamilton 78 72 150
Thomas 82 68 150
Twogood 77 71 148
Sylvester 80 68 148
Slow
Name Fire
Lavezo 72
Joy 81
Spandau 74
Hushes 85
Jory 75
Stcjepanica 74
Dreyer 61
Mclntyre 69
Lindblad 71
Hood 79
Parker 67
Anderson 63
Bohnert 68
Bergcr 70
Laddish 77
Phelps 68
Nichols 62
Butler 61
Sherman 54
Austin 57
McDonald 58
Rheinhart 35
Hillebrand 82
Happersberg 80
Rodgers 80
Brace 67
Sevier 66
Mensing 52
Hyde 50
Schneider 50
Klung
Sobie 34
Eastwood 10
Magazine
Fire
Total
75
147
61
142
68
142
56
141
65
140
65
139
74
135
66
135
63
134
55
134
62
129
63
126
54
122
48
118
36
113
38
106
39
101
40
101
45
99
38
95
32
90
48
83
52
Honor to a Retiring Employee
Last New Year's Eve "Pacific Service"
lost from its active ranks Mr. R. J. Cour-
tier, an employee of the Collection De-
partment, San Francisco District, who
retired after forty-five years' and ten
months' continuous service. As a token of
the esteem in which
he was held Mr.
Courtier was pre-
sented by his asso-
ciates of the depart-
ment with a hand-
some gold watch as
a souvenir.
The little cere-
mony was a com-
plete surprise to the
recipient, so much
so that when Man-
ager J. H. Murphy of
the Collection De-
partment presented
him with the watch
"Dick" Courtier
found himself at a
loss for words in
which to express his
appreciation.
R. J. ("Dick") COURTIER.
Mr. Courtier began his career in the
employ of the City Gas Company, in San
Francisco, in 1871, when the offices were
located at Montgomery and Summer
streets. During the nigh half-century
that followed he saw many changes, for
he worked, succes-
sively, for the City
Gas Company, the
San Francisco Gas
Light Company, the
San Francisco Gas
and Electric Com-
pany and, latest and
greatest, the Pacific
Gas and Electric
Company. Ill-health
eventually caused
his withdrawal from
the ranks. Retiring
from active service
under the liberal
pension plan of the
company, Mr. Cour-
tier is one of the
few men wearing
the three-diamond
service badge.
Pacific Service Magazine
335
Our "Pacific Service"Employees Association
Our Association— Its Purposes and Prospects
By HENRY BOSTWICK
January 1, 1917, should, and I am sure
always will be, pointed out as a red-letter
day in "Pacific Service," as with the com-
ing of the New Year there was launched
an association wuthin our ranks which as
time goes on not only should be of in-
calculable benefit to all of us as individ-
ual employees but should be classed on
the books of our organization, with which
we should all as employees consider it
an honor to be associated, as an asset.
Throughout the breadth of these United
States, and in every class of industry,
employees' clubs and associations have
become important factors. Why? I feel
we cannot go far amiss in answering this
question. Such associations are prima-
rily formed for the main purpose of en-
abling the rank and file of employees to
help themselves. This is accomplished
in part by the holding of meetings dur-
ing the month whereby the employees are
given an opportunity of becoming famil-
iar in a general way with all branches of
the industry with which they are asso-
ciated. Such activities cannot but help
broaden us, thereby enabling us the bet-
ter to perform our daily duties. Then,
the mingling together of employees on
such occasions permits of their becom-
ing better acquainted with each other,
the opportunity for which is not afforded
during the busy work hours of the day.
An esprit-de-corps is thus established
which could not be accomplished in any
other manner. Additional get-together
opportunities are afforded through our
annual banquet, jinks, shooting, baseball,
tennis and bowling clubs, as well as other
social and athletic activities.
If space w^ould permit I might set forth
a host of reasons why every employee
should put his shoulder to the wheel and
make such an association as ours not
only representative of the very best that
is in "Pacific Service" but, also, illustra-
tive of the ideals for which it strives.
Our company management have here-
tofore shown their appreciation of the
loyalty of our employees by the institu-
tion of a pension system and, also, by
the issuance of service badges; and as a
further appreciation of the efforts which
we are all putting forth toward raising
"Pacific Service" to the highest possible
standard, they have recently, in compli-
ance with the request of your officers,
allowed us a handsome budget toward
meeting the expenses incumbent upon
our newly organized employees' associa-
tion covering all of our activities for the
year. The following quotation is from
a letter from our Mr. Britton in reply to
one from your officers submitting to the
management for its approval our consti-
tution and by-laws and outlining our
plans and purposes:
"I have before me your letter of the
22d to which is attached the constitution
and by-laws of the 'Pacific Service' Em-
ployees' Association, and also a budget
of proposed expenditures in connection
with the welfare activities of the asso-
ciation, this budget covering expendi-
tures for the year 1917.
"The past activities of the employees
under the name of the 'Pacific Service'
Section of the National Electric Light
Association have been sufficiently demon-
strated to me as beneficial, and I entirely
approve of the substitution of the 'Pa-
cific Service' Employees' Association in
place of 'Pacific Service' Section of the
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N. H. L. A., and commend the good work
of yourself and associates in the bring-
ing togetiier as employees those inter-
ested in the company's welfare, as well
as tlieir own.
"I tiiercfore give my hearty and un-
(liialilied approval to the Association, and
a full endorsement of its aims and am-
bitions."
In what more fitting manner could we
as employees pay tribute to our manage-
ment than by the formation of an em-
ployees' association whose objects will
be as set forth in our constitution:
"Its objects shall be the advancement
of the common interests of all 'Pacific
Service' employees through intercourse
and association, and the establishment of
a spirit of fraternity and comradeship
between all employees of the company.
Among the means to this end shall be the
Iiolding of meetings for the reading and
discussion of papers to facilitate the sci-
entific, commercial and practical knowl-
edge of employees in all branches of the
service to enable them the better to per-
form their duties."
It will be the earnest endeavor of all
cmi)loyees who are serving as ofiicers
and chairmen of the several standing and
special committees to carry out the ob-
jects as above set forth to the letter, and
we will be content if during our tenure
of office we but succeed in laying a foun-
dation providing ways and means for the
upbuilding of an organization of em-
ployees of which our present associates
in the rank and file of "Pacific Service,"
as well as those who may come after us,
will be proud.
The above results, it must be obvious
to all, can only be accomplished by the
co-operation of the employees as a whole,
and as your chairman I bespeak your
hearty support in the efforts that have
been and are being put forth by your
officers and chairmen of your several
committees toward bringing about the
desired end. For, as has been truly said,
"In organization there is strength," and
it matters not whether our daily duties
find us in the executive ofiices of the
company or in the fastnesses of the high
Sierras we are each a spoke in the great
wheel, and it is by the daily performance
of our duties in a satisfactory manner
that "Pacific Service" has been heralded
as a public utility that "knows how." So,
with the active and moral support of the
employees in our association we will
have welded an additional link in the
chain of "Pacific Service" and thereby
added further strength to our organiza-
tion and all that it stands for.
I know of no more fitting manner to
close than by quoting the twelve impor-
tant things to remember as noted by Mar-
shall Field during his lifetime:
1. The value of time.
2. The success of perseverance.
3. The pleasure of working.
4. The dignity of simplicity.
5. The worth of character.
(). The power of kindness.
7. The infiuence of example.
8. The obligation of duty.
{). The wisdom of economy.
10. The virtue of patience.
11. The improvement of talent.
12. The joy of originating.
The following is a list of the officers
and chairman of standing and special
committees of the Employees' Associa-
tion. One and all they stand ready at all
times to be of service to all employees
for the asking:
Ofiicers, 1917 — Henry Bostwick, chair-
man; George B. Furniss, vice-chairman; ■
R. W. Robinson, secretary. 1
Special and Standing Committees —
Papers and Meetings Committee, F. R.
(ieorge, chairman; Membership Commit-
tee, W. .1. Driscoll, chairman; Athletic
Committee. K. I. Dazey, chairman; Re-
ception Committee, P. B. Hardenbergh,
chairman; Educational Committee, J. W.
Varney, chairman; Technical Committee,
A. I'. Brandt, chairman; Inter-District Re-
lations Committee, Geo. B. Furniss, chair-
man; Commercial Activities Committee,
S. V. Walton, chairman; New Business Ac-
tivities Committee, L. H. Newbert, chair-
man; Permanent Quarters Committee,
Geo. (>. Holberton, chairman; Good of the
Association Committee, W. S. Coleman,
chairman; Entertainment (Committee, R.
E. Fisher, chairman; Editorial and Pub- ■
licity Committee, E. B. Price, chairman; M
Librarian, .T. P. Baloun.
Pacific Service Magazine
337
Watch Us Grow
The following applications for mem-
bership have been received since Janu-
ary 1, 1917:
F. Akerhielm, President's Odlce, San Franciso;
S. E. Akers, Electric Distr. Dept., Marin District;
C. P. Altland, Station "C," San Francisco District.
G. A. Barker, Electric Distr. Dept., San Francisco;
Henry Boscti, Jr., Electric Constr. Dept., San Fran-
cisco; H. W. Brace, Auditing Dept., San Francisco
District; C. S. Brearty, Auditing Dept., San Fran-
cisco District; E. I. Brown, Auditing Dept., San
Francisco District; J. Bryan, Gas Dept., Alameda
County District; W. Burbeck, Sales Dept., San
Francisco; J. W. Buzzell, Land Dept., San Fran-
cisco.
G. H. Canfleld, Land Dept., San Francisco; J. C.
Carmody, President's OfTice, San Francisco; S. E.
Carpenter, General Constr. Dept., San Francisco;
R. D. Corlett, Auditing Dept., San Francisco Dis-
trict; H. M. Crawford, Sales Dept., San Francisco.
M. Dapony, Gas Dept., Alameda County District;
F. Dolan, Gas Dept., Alameda County District; G.
L. Doll, Station "C," Alameda County District; M.
Donovan, Gas Dept., Alameda County District; W.
Dreyer, General Constr. Dept., San Francisco; A. C.
Du Fosee, Auditing Dept., San Francisco District.
L. S. Evans, President's OfTice, San Francisco;
C. C. Everett, Bookeeping Dept., Alameda County
District.
J. J. Funk, Station "A," San Francisco District.
T. Gately, Gas Dept., Alameda County District;
R. \. Gerrish, Electric Distr. Dept., Marin District;
A. M. Gilhuly, Auditing Department, San Francisco
District; A. Glavin, Gas Dept., Alameda County
District; H. E. GrifTm, Auditing Dept., San Fran-
cisco District.
J. L. Hancock, Bookkeeping Dept., Alameda
County District; J. T. Henderson, Station "C," Ala-
meda County District; P. H. Hillebrand, Electric
Distr. Dept., Marin District; E. L. Hughes, Electric
Distr. Dept., Alameda County District.
H. L. Jones, Station "A," San Francisco District.
P. Keneflck, Gas Dept., Alameda County District.
E. B. Lilly, Auditing Dept., San Francisco Dis-
trict; R. J. Linehan, Station "A," San Francisco
District; P. Lunney, Station "A," San Francisco
District.
S. B. Macdonald, Gas Dept., Alameda County Dis-
trict; G. D. Mantle, Sales Dept., San Francisco; M.
McCiuirc, Station "C," Alameda County District; T.
Miller, Station "A," San Francisco District; A. G.
Mitchler, Cashier's OfTice, Alameda County District;
R. A. Monroe General Constr. Dept., San Francisco;
W. Motley, Station "A," San Francisco District;
E. N. Murphy, Land Dept., San Francisco.
G. W. Nichols, Collection Dept., San Francisco
District.
J. H. Parker, Collection Dept., San Francisco Dis-
trict; L. H. Patty, Electric Distr. Dept., San Fran-
cisco; F. Perry, Station "A," San Francisco Dis-
trict; n. E. Porter, Gas Distribution Dept., Ala-
meda County District; J. Powers, Station "A," San
Francisco District.
P. J. Riter, Electric Distr. Dept., San Francisco
District; H. C. Ross, Sales Dept., Sacramento Dis-
trict; J. T. Ryan, President's Office, San Francisco.
M. D. Savage, Contract Dept., San Francisco Dis-
trict; H. J. Schmidt, Bookkeeping Dept., Alameda
County District; R. C. Sobie, Auditing Dept., San
Francisco District; R. D. Spandau, Electric Distr.
Dept., San Francisco District; L C. Steele, General
Constr. Dept., San Francisco; L. B. Stein, Collec-
tion Department, San Francisco District; N. V.
Stjepancla, Collection Department, San Francisco
District; A. Strauch, Sales Dept., San Francisco.
A. A. Whitfield, Station "C," San Francisco Dis-
trict.
E. Zimmerman, Industrial Dept., San Francisco
District.
It is interesting to note that at the pres-
ent time six hundred and twelve em-
ployees of "Pacific Service" are enrolled
as members of the Employees' Associa-
tion.
Oakland Shares Meetings With
San Francisco
In accordance with the decision of the
Executive Committee, that hereafter the
regular bi-monthly meetings shall alter-
nate between San Francisco and Oakland,
the second gathering of the "Pacific Serv-
ice" Employees' Association was held in
the Ivory Ball Room of the Hotel Oak-
land on the evening of January 23d.
Chairman Henry Bostwick outlined the
objects of the association, and Mr. Frank
A. Leach, Jr., introduced the speaker of
the evening, Hon. Joseph R. Knowland,
who gave an illustrated talk on the early
history of California. A nimiber of in-
teresting pictures were shown dealing
with the Mission period, the discovery of
gold, the Bear Flag episode and the San
Francisco Vigilance Committee. Other
entertainment features included vocal se-
lections by Lowell Moore Redfield, ac-
companied by Mrs. Redfield; Scotch dia-
lect stories by Robert Robertson, and
clever feats of magic by Roland Hamblin.
About three hundred members and
guests were in attendance.
338
Pacific Service Magazine
The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service''
By A. F. HOGKENBEAMER
w
E present below preliminary income account statement for the month of
January, and Statement of Consumers by Departments at January 31st.
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
MONTH OF JANUARY
1917
Gross Operating Revenue
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly
from Panama-Pac. International Exposition.
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses and Taxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation. . ..
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible
Accounts
$1,773,564.95
,773,564.95
808,268.29
195,429.81
19,000.00
Total Expenses and Reserves $1,022,698.10
Net Operating Revenue
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
Total Net Income
Bond Interest
Bond Discount and Expense (apportionment)
Surplus
Dividends (accrued) on Preferred Stocks
Balance
750,866.85
35,529.69
$ 786,396.54
321,557.42
14,433.85
$ 450,405.27
123.244.94
I 327,160.33
1916
$1,755,705.55
7,007.94
$1,762,713.49
744,072 87
191,812.14
19,000.00
$ 954,885.01
807,828.48
87,219.63
+ Increase
— Decrease
+$ 17,859.40
— 7.007.94
+ $ 10,851.46
+ 64,195.42
+ 3,617.67
+$ 67,813.09
— 56,961.63
— 51,689.94
$ 895,048.11
331,875.94
14,431.59
$ 548,740.58
110,668.61
—$108,651.57
— 10,318.52
+ 2.26
—% 98,335.31
+ 12.576.33
$ 438,071.97 i —$110,911.64
General and Refunding Bonds Quickly Sold.
Announcement was made in <tur .lanuary uuiiiIht of the sale of $3,060,000 par value of this
Company's General and Refunding Mortgage Five Per Cent Gold Bonds to the National City
Company, New York; Harris, P'orbes & Company, New York; National City Company of Cali-
fornia; and HaLsey, Stuart & Company, Chicago. Delivery of the.se bonds was made on January
22. 1917, and the entire issue was disposed of to investors before PVbruary 1, 1917. Application is
being made for listing these bonds on the Now York Stock Exchange, in addition to the $30,982,000
of the same issue already listed.
Pacific Service Magazine
339
Statement of Consumers by Departments at January 31st
January
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
31st
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
101,136
42,158
5,303
148,597
1908
123,023
55,239
5,514
183,776
1909
131,172
62,656
5,767
199,595
1910
140,102
71.143
6,377
217,622
1911
153,463
87,971
6.921
4
248,359
1912
177,286
103,363
7,476
105
288,230
1913
192,284
116.539
7,306
223
316,352
1914
208,655
133.314
8,526
296
350,791
1915
221,483
149,852
9.008
341
380,684
1916
227,014
166.523
9,404
382
403,323
1917
233,278
179,666
9,801
404
423,149
Gain in 10 years
132,142
137,508
4,498
404
274,552
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Does Thirty-six Per Cent
of Entire Gas and Electric Business of California
The following information was taken from the report of the Railroad Commission
of California for the six months ended June 30, 1916:
Toted gross operating revenues of all gas companies within the State
for the year 1915 $15,078,239
Gross operating revenue of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Gas
Department) for the year 1915 7,560,185
Percentage of total gas business of State done by Pacific Gas and
Electric Company 50.1%
Total gross operating revenues of all electric companies within the
State for the year 1915 $33,469,259
Gross operating revenue of Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(Electric Department) for the year 1915 9,922,138
Percentage of total electric business of State done by Pacific Gas
and Electric Company 29.6%
Total gross operating revenues of all gas and electric companies
within the State for the year 1915 $48,547,498
Gross operating revenue of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Gas
and Electric Departments) for the year 1915 17,482,323
Percentage of total gas and electric business of State done by Pacific
Gas and Electric Company 36.0%
BOND REDEMPTION NOTICE
Bay Counties Power Company hereby gives notice that, pursuant to its Second Mortgage,
dated April 1, 1901, it has drawn by lot and called for prior payment on the 1st day of April, 1917,
one hundred and thirty-five (135) of its outstanding Second Mortgage Gold Bonds bearing the
following serial numbers, viz :
59 113
146
173
254
322
376
426
455
559
590
619
660
18
60
114
147
176
256
331
380
427
456
500
566
591
620
661
27
61
116
149
186
271
334
381
428
457
509
567
592
621
662
28
75
125
159
187
274
335
382
429
458
513
575
593
622
668
31
81
131
162
208
278
.338
394
433
459
625
578
594
623
669
36
85
132
163
219
281
357
396
434
473
526
579
595
631
670
43
87
137
164
221
305
359
398
436
474
528
580
596
657
681
54
92
139
168
225
315
362
409
442
475
536
587
616
658
701
55
94
144
172
231
319
367
417
454
484
541
589
617
659
733
Each of the bonds bearing said numbers will be redeemed at the price of $1,050.00 and accrued
interest, upon presentation at the office of the Union Trust Company of San Francisco, San
Francisco, California, on or at any time after April 1, 1917. Interest on the bonds so drawn shall
cease April 1, 1917.
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC CAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription $1.50
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Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII FEBRUARY, 1917
No. 9
EDITORIAL
Under the heading "Facts About Water
Power," the Executive Committee of the
Water - Power Development Association,
whose heackiuarters are at the national
capital, has issued a pamphlet purport-
ing to show the extent of water-power
development possibilities in the United
States, the limited present development
(especially at sites where Federal per-
mits are required) and the demand for
further development under adequate
laws.
This treatise is put forth also as a reply
to the report of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture upon the water-
power (juestion, a repf)rt called for by
the United Stales Senate by resolution
adopted I-'ebruary, 1915, and submitted
to that body eleven months later. It is
commonly known as the Merrill report,
for it was prei)ared under the direction
of the Secretary of Agriculture by Mr.
O. ('. Merrill, chief engineer of the United
States Forestry Service. The Executive
Committee of the Water Power Develop-
ment Association takes issue witli Mr.
Merrill's findings upon several important
points and presents figures to support its
contention tiiat the findings complained
of are contradicted by tiie actual facts.
Tile Merrill report foimd in effect that
eigliteen privately owned public service
corj)or:itions controlled more than one-
half tile water-i)ower used in i)iiblic serv-
ice o|)erations in the United Slates, and
that six of these eighteen controlled more
than one-c|uarter. Tiu-re were found to
be no less than one hundred and fifty-
six "monopolies" in the power field, and
these largely "related." The report found
an "apparent" investment in commercial
water-power stations of $2,000,000,000,
averaging $301 a water horsepower, while
the aggregate investment in municipally-
owned enterprises was placed at $77,000,-
000, averaging $138 a horsepower. From
this the report drew the inference that
the private monopolies, so-called were
over-capitalized. The Water-Power De-
velopment Association in answer to this,
says :
"The development of the water-power
resources of the country has been almost
at a standstill for a long time, although
American engineers have brought to a
high state of efficiency the art of hydro-
electric generation and transmission; al-
though American financiers and business
men are willing to devote an enormous
volume of capital to such development,
and although the yet undeveloped water-
power resources of the country are read-
ily estimated at more than 50,000,000
horsepower capacity.
"The explanation is that existing de-
velopment has very largely exhausted the
water-power opportunities commercially
available at sites not requiring Federal
permits. Water-power development in
navigable streams and on the public lands
of the United States requires such per-
mits in every case. Federal laws author-
izing such permits either do not exist, as
in the case of navigable streams, or are
unsuitable and inadequate as a basis for
large investment, as in the case of water-
power permits on the public lands."
The association, basing its figures upon
estimates furnished by competent engi-
neering authority, places the total ca-
pacity of all water-power sites in this
countrv, developed and undeveloped, at
60,700,000 horsepower, of which 46,900,-
000 is located at sites requiring Federal
permits and, therefore, under public con-
trol, while 13,800,000 is located at sites
privately owned. Up to January, 1916,
the total amount of water horsepower
developed is given at 6,538,434, less than
10 per cent of the total available, with
the figures nearly two to one in favor
of sites not requiring Federal permits.
"This," claims the association, "is signifi-
cant as showing the necessity of bring-
ing in private capital if real and exten-
sive development is required."
The association derides the idea ofl
monopf)ly. "None exists, none is threat-]
ened," it savs. "If the entire develop-
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ment in the United States were in the
ownership of a single corporation it
would not constitute a monopoly of the
available water-power or anything like
such a monopoly." It is asserted that, as
a matter of fact, ownership and control
of developed water-power sites in this
country are widely distributed; further,
that the eighteen corporations above re-
ferred to are large, independent concerns
which have developed water-power for
use in the course of their regular public
utility service in widely separated sec-
tions of the country.
"It is well known," argues the associa-
tion, "that the great demand for author-
ity to develop water-power does not
come from public utility concerns alone
or even principally. Hydro-electric de-
velopment is being sought in order to
produce power with which to operate
railroads now operated by steam, to
make electric steel, to use in the electro-
chemical industries, to make fertilizer by
means of nitrate fixation from the atmos-
phere. The tendency is toward diver-
sity of use and ownership, not toward
monopol}^ or concentration of control."
Tables of statistics are given. Those
for California are worth notice. They
estimate the maximum potential water-
power development in the State at 8,865,-
000 horsepower, of which 8,355,000, or
94.3 per cent, is located at sites where
Federal permits are required. Yet the
same figures show that 397,515 water
horsepower has been developed at sites
where Federal permits are not required,
against 324,610 horsepower developed
under Federal permit. "In the Western
states, water-power development has been
extensive wherever existing laws and
want of laws have not stepped in to
block the way," declares the Executive
Committee of the Water-Power Develop-
ment Association. The pamphlet closes
with a recital of "plain and well-known
facts" of the public utility business un-
der modern organization. These facts,
briefly stated, are as follows:
The growth of public utility business
has been constant and rapid. In 1902 the
investment in electric light and power
plants was $500,740,352; in 1907 this had
increased to $1,096,913,622; in 1912 to
$2,175,678,266, more than four times the
investment in 1902 and twice the invest-
ment in 1907. This enormous growth has
been due to the constant demand in the
population centers for more and better
service. Part of the growth has also
been due to the ability of public utility
concerns to furnish power for industrial
uses below the cost of power produced
by individual power plants.
Public utilities are natural monopolies
in the regions served and are recognized
and regulated as such. Experience has
taught that the usual result of competi-
tive service is duplicated capital upon
which the public is almost inevitably
compelled directly or indirectly to pay a
return. It has thus come to be a matter
of common acceptance that monopoly in
public utility service is not to be con-
demned but is, in fact, desirable if prop-
erly regulated. In very many states pub-
lic utility monopolies in localities are
now protected by laws prohibiting the
granting of competing franchises unless
the public necessity therefor is certified
by some competent and impartial body.
The demand for improved public util-
ity service has rendered necessary great
changes in the methods of organizing
and financing public utilities. This has
been imperative because of the constant
demand for new money for additions
and extensions in order efficiently to
serve the public. It has been estimated
that the electric light and power busi-
ness and allied industries alone require
$400,000,000 a year of new capital in or-
der to keep pace with the demand for
improved service. Such sums are of
course only to be found in the general
investment markets. But small isolated
companies are unfitted to enter this field
except at prohibitive interest rates. Or-
ganization into large groups has solved
the difliculty by creating a diversified
investment able to procure capital at
greatly reduced rates. An important ele-
ment of the cost of public utility service
is the cost of money; and that cost what-
ever it may be must be considered and
allowed by public service commissions
in fixing rates.
At the present time out of a total of
about eight billions of dollars invested
in electric light and power, gas and trac-
tion, nearly six billions are organized in
groups whose security issues are suitable
for distribution to general investors all
over the world.
Public utility enterprises have utilized
a large percentage of existing water-
power development because their power
needs are insistent and their ability to
finance under difiiculties created by in-
adequate water-power laws has been rela-
tively greater than less-settled enterprises.
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SK"
Tidings From Territorial Districts
X
Alameda County District
A Tale of Two Cities or
"Pacific Service," the Soul of Our
Corporation.
There strayed into the "Garden City,"
sometimes known as San Jose, just re-
cently, a very valuable and blooded Aire-
dale dog. Mr. Ramstad, our utility super-
intendent of that city, noticed the dog
and observed that he was both a stranger
and a prize-winner in the Airedale class.
Knowing that he would be very severely
criticized if he did not render immedi-
ate service, he decided upon a plan of at-
tack. The finder thereupon decided upon
tactics somewhat similar to those ob-
served quite frequently on the streets, or,
in other words, emulated the much be-
loved dog-catcher. In this case, however,
he was rewarded with success because of
his familiarity with the use of a hand
line in lassoing the tops of poles swing-
ing in the wind and about to go down
and liable to cause severe damage. The
prize Airedale was caught and forthwith
bundled into the tonneau of Mr. Ram-
stad's car and carried to the headquar-
ters of "Pacific Service" in San Jose.
"Pacific Service" is that service which
has developed a soul and causes it to
delve into the multitudinous ramifications
of society for the betterment of society
and for the peace and contentment of the
members of society.
The private wire was soon pressed into
Its service by Mr. Ramstad in an urgent
desire to locate A. Utility Brandt (with a
capital A), to request his co-operation so
as not to break the chain of endeavor.
He was urged to pass the good work
along and not to break the chain, which
as you know is no stronger than its weak-
est link. (Send 10 cents to R. E. Fisher.)
A. U. Brandt proved by far not to be
among the weak links. He very carefully
and in detail obtained the number of the
license, the various prize-winning points,
his weigiit, size and the number of whisk-
ers in the shaggy Airedale's face. The
nmnbcr was 141 1, but Mr. Ramstad could
not make out whether it was registered
in the bear or poppy year.
With all the information at hand, A. U.
Brandt set to work to investigate the
municipal records and, if possible, locate
the owner. It developed that in 1915 an
Airedale dog was registered by our city
authorities as No. 1414 which corre-
sponded to the dog found and the license
his number. The residence correspond-
ing to the address obtained was called on
the 'phone. The maid was appealed to
for information on the subject. She in-
formed "Pacific Service" that the Mrs.
was away for a week and that the master
of the household would not be back un-
til evening, through whom information
would have to be obtained, as she was
not familiar with the livestock kept by
her employer. Upon arrival home that
evening, our friend was appealed to. He
claimed ownership of said Airedale dog
and explained the reason for its appear-
ance in San Jose. He has a fine country
home near Los Gatos where the dog was
left. The Airedale is renowned as a one-
man dog and of English extraction. As
all the family had gone to the city, leav-
ing him in charge of a Japanese, he
showed his dislike for such treatment by
starting out for his master in Oakland.
He was evidently on his way to "My City
Oakland," when intercepted by our dog
catcher, Ramstad.
Our friend, the owner of the dog, mo-
tored to San Jose the next day and called
upon Mr. Ramstad at his office. He is
very loud in his praise for "Pacific Serv-
ice" and the magnificent manner in
which it handled all the details, down to
the timing of the arrival of him, the
owner, at Mr. Ramstad's office to claim
his dog. Our friend deeply appreciates
the responsibility of "Pacific Service" to
the vast community which it courteously
and continually serves.
P. S. — Another one of the Royal Order
of Reds, San Jose, to make good.
A. NoN Est.
The big night was January 23d, when
the employees pulled off their second an-
nual frolic in Oakland's million-dollar
auditorium. The arena has a seating ca-
pacity of 9000, so it was a brave under-
taking for the committee to attempt to
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even make a showing in such a vast arena.
Five thousand was the mark set and that
mark was exceeded by a few hundred!
A local business man said, "It is a re-
markable get-together movement for em-
ployees; it shows an enormous purchas-
ing power in trade that every storekeeper
should solicit." It was a family affair;
the kiddies came, babes in arms and a
long array of baby carriages filled a side
corridor.
The arena was decorated with Christ-
mas trees sent down by the big-hearted
boys in the mountains; noble trees which
with hard work were cut out of the deep-
drifted snow. These trees were garlanded
with brilliant-colored lights, two thou-
sand lamps altogether. Walter Brame,
the carnival decorator, lent the master
hand. People came early, and as the
seats filled up the brass band of thirty
pieces gave the circus thrill. In marched
the tug-of-war teams representing Gas
Generation, Electric Generation, Gas Dis-
tribution and Electric Distribution. There
were two preliminary pulls and later a
final between the winners. Electric Gen-
eration was the final victor by one-half
inch and was awarded the F. A. Leach,
Jr., trophy cup. The contest was ably
judged by "Honest" John Kuster of San
Jose and "Stringless" Ed Florence of
Redwood. Then came the grand march
of those in fancy and grotesque costume.
There was a model of Oakland's two-mil-
lion-dollar City Hall on wheels and one
of San Francisco's Ferry Building, show-
ing the tie between the two cities. There
was a burlesque brass band from Gas Sta-
tion B which played fifty-fifty music.
This band kept up its merrymaking dur-
ing the intermissions of the regular band.
There were many pretty characters and
those that furnished fun. The grand
march was auspiciously led by Jack Pape
and wife.
Prizes were awarded : Mrs. F. A. Lewis,
most original character, representing Car-
bon Fuel; best sustained, Thos. Ayton as
the Fresno Girl; best couples, P. C. Smith
the Rube, and his son, Geo. West; Frank
Vierra, Italian organ grinder, and H. J.
Wagner, his bear, from Bear Valley. The
bear carried a banner reading, " 'Pacific
Service,' made in California, by Califor-
nia people, for California people." The
band that metered music from the Meter
Department included R. Doan, J. K. Mad-
docks, L. Ferretta, A. Longo, F. Drcxton,
W. Amborn, H. Everhardt, J. E. Peterson,
J. Langkist and R. Wagner. Each one was
well impersonated. Some had music in
a meter, a gas arc, gas pipe, etc. Walter
Donaldson, best man, as a Spanish Don
with spy glass, "looking for Villa." Best
lady, Mrs. Jack DuChaney, "Woman's
Rights." M. A. Dickinson, "Hobo Contor-
tionist." Miss Kentzell was the mysteri-
ous "Miss Pacific Service." There was a
special prize for finding her by address-
ing her, taking her hand and repeating
these words:
"How do you do. Miss Pacific Service,
"Cook with gas
"Because it's fast,
"Electricity, too,
"Because its new.
"Carbon Fuel will always sell
"Because it does its work so well."
J. T. Corey was the lucky finder.
Miss Lavina Baloun gave an exhibit of
classic dancing, beautifully done in allur-
ing colors of spotlights. A troupe of
twenty boys from the Oakland Y. M. C. A.
furnished athletic drill and pyramid
building. When the floor was given over
to dancing one could conceive of the vast
throng in attendance.
Mr. John A. Britton, our vice-president
and general manager, and Mr. A. F. Hock-
enbeamer, our treasurer and controller,
favored us in attendance, as likewise
many other general officers. We regretted
the enforced absence of our publicity
manager, Mr. Fred S. Myrtle. He was
helping the Bohemian Club in San Fran-
cisco on their Christmas Jinks. There
must be some good reason when San
Francisco comes to be thus belated.
The committee in charge were C. H.
Cowell, chairman; F. R. George, enter-
tainment; J. H. Pape, finance; E. C. John-
son, dancing; R. E. Grossman, entertain-
ment; A. U. Brandt, electric effects; R. A.
Gentis, house; W. W Shuhaw, out-of-town
guests; H. T. Bennett, transportation; J.
A. Britton, Jr., athletics; J. Chas. Jordan,
publicity.
Burdett Cornell of the Commercial De-
partment addressed the student body of
the Oakland Vocational High School Janu-
ary 24th on "Salesmanship." He presented
salesmanship as the means of marketing
our services in life. Before you can meet
your brother you must put yourself in the
right relation as your brother's keeper.
In street parlance we speak of "slipping
one over." This is no other than taking
advantage of innocence, which is a wrong
principle. Also in parlance we say "pass-
ing the buck." This buck should be tied
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up: it never rides you to success. Train
your abilities to stand on your merit and
only tlien can you look the world happily
and scjuarely in the face.
Marysville District
Oakland has received a splendid trib-
ute through a write-up in the Valve
World, a trade journal published by
(]rane Company of (Chicago. The half-
tones are well selected and artistic, show-
ing prominent features, and we modestly
note, and acknowledge, the picture of the
new Berkeley home of "Pacific Service."
The Valve World has a national wide
circulation among manufacturers. Many
of the latter are anticipating the neces-
sity of locating a branch factory on the
('oast. The opportunities in Oakland are
well brought out. Crane Company is
among the foremost concerns of the
country and they have acted upon neces-
sity by building a splendid edifice in Oak-
land. The national reputation of Crane
Company has been similarly enhanced in
this locality by the efficiency and cour-
tesy of its local manager, J. W. Hottes.
Meads' Restaurant is a sign like an
oasis in a desert; it's a refreshing find.
Wherever you see it, no matter what the
environment, it means quality and good-
ness in things to eat. Meads is now open-
ing a place at Second and Franklin,
which was formerly thought of as the
waterfront but now is the produce com-
mission house district. Meads brings up-
town ([uality to the downtown district.
The Vernon Rock Ridge Hall, which is
a live improvement club, send the follow-
ing over the signature of its president,
Mr. Raul Jones, and secretary, Mr. C. I).
Parish:
"We of this section of the city of Oak-
land are not strangers to 'Pacific Service'
and its many fields of endeavor and ac-
complishments. In order to raise funds
for a much-needed improvement of the
Vernon Rock Ridge Association club-
house, it was decided to give a show,
which was given on the evening of the
2(ith inst., the result being a decided suc-
cess in every particular, due largely to
the ellicient assistance donated freely and
cheerfully by the following gentlemen
from your company: Messrs. J. A. Brit-
ton. .Jr., Crawford Hill, E. C. Johnson,
Pellymonter, Mills, Hawley, Folsom, M. L.
Hunt, (iilherf. Sanborn and Tvler."
Marysville soon is to have a building
boom. The Chamber of Commerce is to
invite outside capital to come to Marys-
ville and erect houses of various types to
accommodate the scores of families that
at present are practically unable to find
suitable dwellings.
If outside capital cannot be induced to
come to Marysville, the Chamber of Com-
merce is to organize local capital into a
building and loan association that houses
may be erected.
At this time there is not a vacant house
in Marysville. It was declared at the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
that many high-class mechanics come to
Marysville to work for the Yuba Con-
struction Company, which has a payroll
of .$1800 per day, and when no house
can be found for their families these
workmen leave town.
State Forester Romans will be invited
to Marysville to outline a city tree-plant-
ing campaign.
Planting in Yuba County this season
will eclipse all previous records, declares
G. V\\ Harney, county horticultural com-
missioner. Already several thousand acres
have been set out to trees, vines or beans.
The greater part of the activity is in Dis-
trict 10, where hundreds of acres are be-
ing planted.
The Yuba Construction Company, or-
ganized here ten years ago, soon will
change its name. The new name of the
company will be the Yuba Manufacturing
Company. The four hundred employees
will work eight-hour shifts and will re-
ceive the same wages they have been get-
ting for nine-hour shifts. This announce-
ment was made recently at the local
shops.
Newton Cleaveland, vice-president and
general manager of the company, stated
that the company had applied in the San
Francisco Superior Court for permission
to change the firm name. According to
Cleaveland, the change in the name is
desired to make the firm more descrip-
tive of its work.
The dancing party held January 20th
in JefTersonian Hall by the employees of
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
was a most enjoyable affair. The hall
was prettily decorated with streamers of
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red crepe paper which also adorned the
various lights in the hall, lending a soft
glow to the light effects. During the even-
ing punch was served with cake.
Products of the soil of California last
year showed an increase commensurate
with the gains that were being made in
other lines. Estimates of production
value in this field are difficult at this time,
but the figures doubtlesslv will stand be-
tween $460,000,000 and $475,000,000, with
fruit leading and grains and the other
farm crops running a comparatively close
second.
Unfavorable weather at certain seasons
of the year cut down the agricultural
production somewhat, but prices were
higher and both farmers and fruit grow-
ers made a great deal of money. This
was particularly true of both citrus and
deciduous fruit interests.
Considerable increases were noted in
the acreage planted to rice and cotton.
Rice production doubled last year and
this cereal promises soon to become one
of California's foremost grain crops. The
area planted to cotton in 1916 also was
double that planted in 1915, and another
big increase in 1917 is looked forward to.
Last year cotton brought California grow-
ers something like $9,000,000; beans, ow-
ing to an advance in price, combined
with full production, brought the State
about $20,000,000.
Yuba and Sutter counties lead in the
above productions with the exception of
cotton. All accounts go to show that the
farmers will have another prosperous
year and which will consequently include
"Pacific Service."
Demands for increased power are al-
ready coming in for the approaching sea-
son. J. E. PoiNGDESTRE.
Solano District
I
The entire town of Dixon was plunged
into mourning February 5th by the sud-
den death, after a short illness, of Mr.
H. R. Timm, one of the most respected
and best-known citizens of the commu-
nity. Mr. Timm passed away as the re-
sult of a severe attack of pneumonia of
but five days' duration, and his death,
coming as it did, while right at the
zenith of his career, is a blow to the
community from which it will not soon
recover.
Mr. Timm was the proprietor of the
large certified dairy, located at Dixon,
which bears his name, and was well
known throughout the State as a leader
in this industry. He was also president
of the First National Bank of Dixon and
an active and energetic leader in many
community enterprises.
Starting but a scant ten years ago on
a very small scale, Mr. Timm, through his
energy, ability and foresight, built up his
certified dairy plant until it is now the
largest west of Chicago and a model of
its kind. His enterprise, integrity and
kindliness made him at once respected
and beloved by all with whom he came
in contact, and it would be hard indeed
to find one of whom it could be more
truthfully said that he was "a man be-
yond reproach."
Mr. C. E. Sedgwick, our district man-
ager of "Pacific Service," has been ap-
pointed a member of the Dixon High
School Board of Trustees to fill the va-
cancy created by the resignation of Mr.
R. D. Mayes. F. L. Mix.
Mr. C. S. Chambers, who conducts a
barber shop in Winters, Cal., is a firm be-
liever in the company's First Preferred
Stock. On February 2, 1916, he pur-
chased four shares outright and two
shares on the installment plan. On March
30th, he purchased four more shares on
the installment plan. He has recently
completed his final payments and has just
purchased ten more shares on the install-
ment plan, making twentj^ shares in all.
Mr. Chambers is an ardent booster for
the company. C. E. Sedgwick.
Sacramento District
The Chamber of Commerce entertained
the members of the legislature at a ban-
quet given in the Hotel Sacramento on
•January 23d. This event has now be-
come an annual affair, the custom having
been instituted some two years ago.
It was particularly interesting this year,
for it was in the way of a public fare-
well to Governor Johnson, who shortly
leaves to take up his senatorial duties at
Washington. It was also a reception to
Lieutenant-Governor W. D. Stephens, who
becomes governor when Governor John-
son retires.
In responding to a toast, the Governor
touched on matters this State has accom-
plished in the past few years, and the
important part it is destined to play in
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tlif future adairs of the nation. Mr.
Stephens, who also spoke, expressed his
appreciation of the cordial welcome he
had received in Sacramento, his desire
for a unitied State, and declared his in-
tention of carrying out Governor John-
son's policies.
During the third week of January the
Sacramento District conducted a cooking
school on the top floor of its office build-
ing. Actual demonstration of the con-
venience and etficiency of the gas range
IS always popular, and nearly five hun-
<lred women attended during the short
period. One evening was devoted to in-
structing an assemblage of salesmen from
the dilTerent firms in Sacramento dealing
in gas ranges, together with a number of
our own employees from the Gas Depart-
ment. Mrs. Dwelle explained the essen-
tial features to them in gas-range con-
struction and its proper operation. As a
matter of demonstration and entertain-
ment, most delicious Chicken d la King
and hot biscuits were served to the
•eighty men attending.
The Railway Department has recently
•completed reconstructing the track work
-and paving the right-of-way on Twenty-
fourth Street and Bonita Avenue. Just
I)rior to starting this work J Street from
Thirty-first to Hale Avenue was similarly
completed, likewise Cypress Avenue and
■Sacramento Avenue from Thirtieth and
Y to Sacramento and Magnolia avenues,
all at a cost of about $120,000.
In the Electric Distribution Department
•during the past six months about $38,000
has been spent on reconstruction and im-
provements, and in the Gas Distribution
Department during 1916 about $54,000
has been expended on these items.
Sacramento has a bright outlook for
the year 1917. The two blocks directly
west of the Capitol Grounds have been
finally cleared of all buildings and de-
bris, all this property having been deeded
to the State, and substantial buildings
will be erected there to house the many
State departments that the main Capitol
building can no k)nger accommodate.
Ap|)r()ximately $3.()0().000 will be ex-
pended in these buildings, which means
considerable prosperity to Sacramento.
The Southern Pacific Company is plan-
ning to build upwards of a thousand
freight cars in the local shops here. This
is of no little significance, since the com-
pany employs at the present time some-
tliing like three thousand men in the
Capital City.
The new Sacramento Directory shows
the population of Sacramento to be 74,023
at the present time. This is a slight in-
crease over last year. E. A. W.
Yolo District
The rice mill of the Globe Milling Com-
pany in Woodland was given a trial run
during the latter part of January. After
some minor adjustments to the machin-
ery, the mill will be placed in operation
to fill many orders that they have for
rice. This is said to be one of the larg-
est mills in California. "Pacific Service"
supplies the juice.
Last summer a 4-inch pipe line was
laid from the railroad tracks to the gas
works. This is used for pumping the
supply of oil from the cars to the works.
During the cold weather the oil is rather
sluggish, and it was found that it re-
quired considerable pressure to force the
oil through the pipe. A novel means was
suggested by Mr. William Henderson to
relieve this condition. An air valve was
placed on the intake pipe, allowing a
certain amount of air to mix with the ■
oil, thereby reducing the pressure, and I
giving very satisfactory results. *
A new type of lampblack separator
has been installed in the Woodland gas
works. It consists of a concrete sump,
the bottom of which is made in the form
of a filter. The water carrying the lamp-
black empties into the top of this and is
retained in the box, while the clear water
drains out at the bottom. This saves
practically all of the lampblack, and
leaves it much drier than the ordinary
separator. J. W. Coons.
San Jose District
Costly New Generators Opened at the
Pacific Gas and Electric Go's Works.
In the presence of a select gathering of
ladies and gentlemen from San Francisco
and San Jose yesterday morning, Leon B.
Jones operated the levers which brought
in action for the first time the new set
of generators that the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company have been over six
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347
months building in their San Jose works.
The patent for this set, which is the last
word in oil-gas making, is held by Chief
Engineer E. C. Jones of the P. G. & E.
Co., a veteran inventor who has been in
the forefront of oil-gas methods for
nearly forty years, and his talented son,
Leon, assistant engineer, who has come
over from San Francisco to superintend
the opening.
"It is the only generator of the new
type outside of San Francisco and Oak-
land," said Manager John D. Kuster, "and
it will turn out for us 100,000 cubic feet
an hour, as against 30,000 feet -turned out
by the old set."
What it will save in time and labor
was explained by the inventor himself.
"By eliminating the carbon, lampblack
waste products," said Mr. Jones, Sr., "we
have solved the fundamental problem of
oil-gas making (and it is only on the Pa-
cific Coast with its oil supply that this
industry exists) and at the same time
have reduced the production to a most
precise science." He pointed to the easy
flow of the waste from the new plant
and then to the clogged heavy roll of
lampblack from the old, which went to
join the great pile of black carbon in the
yard. "With our invention," he said,
"you won't have enough waste to fire
your boilers. By a process of catalysis,
introducing hydrogen, practically all that
lampblack is turned into gas in the one
process, and we regulate the various in-
gredients, heat, water, steam and oil, to
such a nicety that we can gauge the
exact quality of gas that is best suited for
household purposes."
The new generators are respectively
forty-two feet and thirty feet high and
twelve feet in diameter, while the con-
trols include hydraulic means of operat-
ing blast, stack and scrubble valves in-
stead of the old winches, and also new
means of testing the output per minute,
hour, day and month. The generators
worked perfectly when the oil was turned
in yesterday and have been operating
ever since. — San Jose (Cal.) Mercury Her-
ald, February 10, 1917.
Fresno District
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the celebration of Raisin Day in
Fresno on April 30th. An electric dis-
play representing various nations in a
street pageant will be one of the striking
features. The thcnic will present the
raisin grape as the emblem of peace,,
power and prosperity.
The San Joaquin Valley Counties Asso-
ciation will equip and send out in March
a special exhibition train of three cars
containing products of this valley, in-
cluding fruit demonstrations, horticul-
tural and agricultural exhibits, also fish,
game, mining and oil drilling displays.
The train will make an extended tour of
the Eastern states.
The United States Department of Agri-
culture has established a station of the
Bureau of Entomology in Fresno. A spe-
cial study will be made of the great phyl-
loxera, a bug which destroys the roots of
certain varieties of grapes. An attempt
will be made to work out a plan of graft-
ing which will permit vineyardists to
grow these grapes on roots that are im-
mune from the attacks of insects.
The total area of Fresno County planted
to citrus fruits now amounts to 1190
acres of land; this includes oranges,
lemons and grapefruit.
The growth of Fresno is well indicated
by the following figures. During Janu-
ary building permits were issued amount-
ing to $214,258, which has never been ex-
ceeded before except in June, 1913, when
a single permit amounting to $225,000 for
an office building was granted. Post-
office receipts amounted to $19,500, an in-
crease of 22 per cent over January, 1916.
The bank clearings were $8,435,317.84,
against $4,410,966.11 in 1916. Of all cities
of the Pacific Coast having over 5000
telephones, Fresno shows the greatest in-
crease, amounting to 8.6 per cent for the
year 1916.
An extensive city planning scheme has
been adopted for the city of Fresno, in-
cluding the consideration of a union sta-
tion, grade crossings, street railroads, at-
tractions for industries, water and fire
protection, building regulations, range of
land values, traffic, continuous boulevard
system, parks etc.
January with a mean temperature of
two and one-half degrees below normal
is the ninth consecutive month having
this climatic condition. The lowest
ground temperature in the orchards in
the valley was 20 degrees on January
17th. The rainfall was about normal for
this season of the year, amounting to 5.23
inches.
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A meeting of the fig growers of Califor-
nia was held in Fresno on January 12tli
and 13th. The division of citriculture of
the I'niversity of (California was repre-
sented, as well as the various packers and
growers. Practical demonstration of the
important problems, including pruning,
tree surgery and renewing tops of old fig
trees, was given at a local orchard. The
importance of the fig industry and the
value of a permanent organization was
brought out by this meeting and it was
proposed to make the Fig Institute an an-
nual affair. M. L. Neely.
Colusa District
Coming as a complete surprise to the
employees of this district shortly after
the first of the New Year was the news
that our district manager had been pro-
moted to a similar position in the Nevada
District, to succeed Mr. Werry, whose un-
timely passing was noted a short time
previous. While w'e regret very much
the loss of our genial manager, we all re-
joice in knowing that good fortune has
favored him, and that he is stepping to
a higher and more responsible position
which lie justly deserves.
In appreciation of the high esteem in
which both Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock are
held in this community, they have been
the guests of honor at several receptions,
since it became known that they were
soon to leave our midst. On Saturday
evening, .Tanuary 27th, the "Pacific Serv-
ice" employees of the district met at the
company office, to pay their farewell re-
spects. In answer to an urgent telephone
call, the (Chief hurried bareheaded to the
office from a near-by hotel where he and
Mrs. Hartsock were dining, and on being
escorted to a room in the rear where the
employees were waiting, a look of sur-
prise came over his face.
As a token of good-will and the many
courtesies enjoyed, while under his man-
agement, he was presented with a hand-
some l-'renrh ivory traveling set mounted
in a black morocco leatherette case, with
the gold initials L. H. H. thereon. As Mr.
Hartsock unwrapped the package and be-
iield the contents he was deeply im-
pressed, and his countenance plainly
showed his feelings. On gaining his self-
composure he had only words of praise
for those who had served him, and all
joined in wishing that his every effort
may be crowned with success in his new
field of endeavor, for though he is leav-
ing us the links of "Pacific Service" hold
him still.
Among those present were Mr. W. G.
Davison of the Gas Department, Mr. M. J.
Frey and Mr. E. A. Fortna, station oper-
ators; Mr. E. F. Spurgeon, lineman; Mr.
R. G. Berkey, electrical foreman; Mr. H.
P. Humphreys, accountant, and Miss
Christine Hoy, bookkeeper and cashier.
P. S. E.
Placer District
Placer County deciduous fruit growers
are signing* up long-term contracts which,
for many years to come, will insure a
profitable return from their cling-peach
products. Within the last month large
canneries, through their representatives,
have been exceedingly active in closing
long-term contracts covering future de-
livery of cling peaches, of the two pop-
ular varieties known as the Levi and the
Phillips.
The long term for which these con-
tracts are to run, some for fifteen years,
together with the attractive price of $25
per ton, is an extraordinary inducement
for the orchardist to increase his pro-
ductive acreage. In the Loomis District
alone the closing of such contracts with
growers covering a fifteen-year period in-
volves the immediate planting of more
than one hundred acres to clings. The
greater part of this one hundred acres
was, on the date of contracts, wild brush
land, which means that the same is to be
cleared, broken, planted and brought to
a productive stage before the grower will
begin to realize any returns.
Trees planted in 1917 will produce
some fruit in 1920, and by 1921, under
ordinary conditions, these trees should
be producing a profitable crop. It has
been conservatively estimated that one
hundred acres of cling peach trees in
bearing will produce seven hundred tons
per year, or at the rate of seven tons per
acre. At present, in this same district,
the production has been as high as seven-
teen or eighteen tons per acre on certain
ranches.
In addition to the above planting con-
tracts, other contracts in the Loomis,
Penryn and Newcastle districts have been
closed on a ten-year term, covering orch-
ards which are now producing cling
peaches. From the best information
available I find that the ten-year con-
tracts provide for the delivery of about
1700 to 2000 tons per year. Also, seven-
vear contracts are in effect, covering
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349
now-producing orchards and the delivery
of five hundred tons per year.
At this time it is hard to conceive just
what this unusual activity in cling
peaches will eventually mean to Placer
County, although the growers whom I
have talked with and those that are di-
rectly interested in these contracts are
very jubilant over the bright prospects
for the future. One grower informed me
that he was about to graft over his en-
tire orchard, comprising from twenty to
to forty acres of a popular variety of
free-stone peach, to the Phillips or Levi,
which, at this time, are in such demand.
As regards prices for clingstone peaches
in the past, there have been years w^hen
it w as hardly profitable to pick and ship,
the price being as low as $7.50 per ton,
while there have been other years when
the price has ranged as high as $60 or
$65 per ton, the latter due, of course, to
the tremendous crop shortages in other
districts, thereby giving Placer County
the benefit of no-frost conditions, etc.
A recent improvement made by Placer
District was the replacing of about 8000
feet of 11-inch iron pipe through the
town of Loomis and extending toward
the city of Rocklin, by 14-inch machine-
banded wooden stave pipe.
These two towns are supplied by the
company, Nvhich also furnishes consider-
able water for irrigation, and the change
was advisable ow^ng to the construction
of the State Highway connecting county
seats and, also, the age of the pipe and
general condition. By this change, the
pipe is given a better location and we
are able to supply a number of consum-
ers who, up to this time, were unable to
obtain as much water as w^as desired by
them.
It is worthy of note that the last 4000
feet was put in alongside of the State
Highway after same was co'mpleted, and
the material saving in the hauling cost
was noticeable. H. M. Cooper.
San Francisco District
I
Gas Day With the Home Indlstry
League.
It was "Gas Day" with the Home Indus-
try League of California, Thursday, Janu-
ary 18lh, and a large gathering of repre-
sentative citizens attended the league's
weeklv luncheon at the Palace Hotel, in
San Francisco, to listen to up-to-date
talks from prominent gas men engaged
in the campaign to educate the public in
the various uses to which gas can be ap-
plied economically and with beneficial
results to the particular industry or in-
dustries concerned.
Officials of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company had immediate charge of the
day's celebration, and along the sides of
the ballroom in which the luncheon was
held w^as displayed almost every con-
ceivable gas appliance for use in the fac-
tory, office, store and home. Gas-heating
devices were particularly conspicuous,
ranging from the largest house furnace
to the smallest apartment radiator. What
made the occasion one of unusual inter-
est was the presence at the luncheon of
a number of leading architects and build-
ing contractors, as well as manufactur-
ers, who listened to the talks with evi-
dent interest, and at the conclusion of the
program spent some time inspecting the
various appliances on exhibition.
Mr. John A. Britton, general manager
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
acted as chairman of the day, and after
a short musical program called upon his
men, each to do his part in the campaign
of education. Mr. Leon B. Jones read a
paper outlining the history of gas from
its first practical application for illumi-
nating purposes at the opening of the
nineteenth century to its present wide-
spread use for domestic and industrial
purposes of all kinds. Mr. C. B. Babcock,
president of the Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation, spoke on the subject of gas as an
illuminant, and quoted figures to show
that an immense percentage of Eastern
and W'estern factories today are using
gas for lighting in preference to its rival,
electricity. An interesting fact cited was
that in the United States today there
are 1200 gas plants in active operation,
with an aggregate capital investment of
$1,000,000,000, their aggregate product
valued at $135,000,000, and 50 per cent of
whose output is illuminating gas.
Mr. H. R. Basford recommended water
heating by gas as the best known means
available in homes or buildings where
large units are not required. Mr. H. B.
Pitts, industrial engineer of the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company, closed the
program with an address upon the use of
gas for industrial purposes, illustrated by
lantern slides. F. S. M.
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Pacific Service Magazine
III accordance \vilh tlic joint pole
agroonicnt this company has recently re-
moved twenty-four poles on Hayes Street,
hetween Larkin ancl Fillmore streets, the
company heing in a position to remove
these poles hy making a joint occupancy
on a new lead which was erected by an-
other company.
As i)er contract with Baldwin & Howell
('.ompany the first installation of fifty
Marbelite street-lighting posts are now
being erected at West wood Park. With
the installing of the new lighting stan-
dards and the completing of the street
l)aving and curb work, West wood Park
is developing into one of the prettiest
and choicest suburban residential dis-
tricts in the citv.
All duct line construction work has
just been completed on the Embarcadero,
l)reliminary to the removing of all poles
along this thoroughfare from Powell to
Battery streets.
A new installation of Mazda-Bowl re-
fractor units has just recently been in-
stalled on United Railroads poles on
>huket Street from Seventh to Valencia
streets.
On account of the recent dry spell our
electric service recently installed at the
Lakeside Golf Course is being extensively
utilized for irrigation purposes in the
preparation of the turf for the golf links
for the coming season.
Work at Hunters Point is progressing
rapidly toward the completion of a dry
dock which is being constructed at that
point.
The Frederick Post Company, 245 Mis-
sion Street, is installing a large combina-
tion electric and gas heating system for
the manufacture and sensitizing of spe-
cial i)aper for blue-print work.
Authorization has just been granted for
the construction of a new station to be
located in the Mission at the corner of
Nineteenth Street and Lexington Avenue.
Installed in this station will be complete
equii)ment for the supplying of botli al-
ternating and direct current service for
our large number of consumers in that
rapidly growing district of the Mission.
This station is artistically designed and
will be illuminated at night by means of
flood lighting and will be in every way
a credit to the district.
"Pacific Service" is playing a very im-
portant part in the construction of a
sewer on the Great Highway by the Clin-
ton Construction Company.
A. R. Thompson.
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
— AND—
Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation Library
Since December 1, 1916, the following
new' items are recorded :
We received 107 pamphlets which
cover the following subjects: Commerce
reports, 55; miscellaneous, 43; safety bul-
letins, by Industrial Accident Commis-
sion of California, 7; annual reports, the
Panama Canal, 1916, with maps and dia-
grams, 2.
The bound books are as follows : Amer-
ican Institute of Electrical Engineers,
Parts I and II, Vol. 34; two Public Utili-
ties Reports, annotated, 1916E and 1916F,
donated by Mr, John A. Britton; Library
of Congress Report, 1916; Engineering
Magazine, Vol. 50, 1915-1916, donated by
Mr. C. H. Delaney.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1218; pamphlets, 4066.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association Li-
brary has purchased the following bound
volumes: Graphic Methods for Present-
ing Facts, by Willard C. Brinton; Gas,
Oil and Petrol Engines, by A. Garrard;
Handbook of Casinghead Gas, by Henry
P. Westcott; Engineering Chemistry, by
Thomas B. Stillman; Lubricating Engi-
neer's Handbook, by John Rome Battle;
American Institute of Chemical Engi-
neers— Transactions, Vol. VIII, 1915;
Final Report — Los Angeles Aqueduct, by
Los Angeles Board of Public Service Com-
missioners; Oil Field Development and
Petroleum Mining, by A. Beeby Thomp-
son.
This association has renewed its mem-
bership with the Mechanics' Mercantile
Library for the year 1917, giving it there-
by the privileges of the library, reading,
ciiess and checker rooms. Membership
ticket may be secured by application.
Any member of the "Pacific Service"
Employees' Association is privileged to
borrow any of the sheet music that is on
its files in Uie library. J. P. B.
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. McKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Britton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miller
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Gharles T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. Bosley Attorney
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. Goghlan Manager Claims Department
C. P. Cutten Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Mtmager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. Jollyman Engineer Electrical Construction
E. G. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. C. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
H. G. Vensano Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS MANAGER
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Webry
Colusa Colusa R. H. Aver
Contra Costa Martinez Don G. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Martin
Electra Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marin San Rafael W. H. Foster
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
Napa Napa CD. Clark
Nevada Nevada City L. H. Hartsock
Petaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento G. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holberton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kusteb
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon G. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Goons
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,717,344 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No. 1 Population
No. Population
Electricity
127
48
10
1
1,117,402
1,165,677
45,350
75.000
48
2
8
120,431
7,800
17,800
175
50
18
1
1,237,833
1,173,477
63,150
75,000
Railway
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place Population
'Alameda 28,000
•Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•-•Amador City.. 900
Angellsland.. 280
Antioch 1.800
•Aptos 300
'Atherton 250
•-•Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
•Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3.000
Campbell 700
'Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Center ville 850
'Chico 15,000
•Colfax 850
'Colma 1.800
'Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
»- "CotaU 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3.000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City 4.800
Danville 400
Davenport.... 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
•Dixon I.IOO
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
'-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano .... 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
' — Gas and Electricity.
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks ....
•Felton
Folsora
'Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
•Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley. .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
'Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
•HoUister
'- 'lone
Irvington
'- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
•Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore. . . .
'Lomita Park. .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
•Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley . . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
Population
3,000
250
250
900
300
300
2.000
225
. . 35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
450
500
3.000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1.050
1.100
225
300
350
2.900
350
500
Population Place
MokelumneHill
•Morgan Hill. .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle. . . .
Newman
Niles
•Novato.
300
700
2,500
210
6,500
2.750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley.
•Occidental ....
Pacheco
'-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
'- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
•Rodeo
•- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . ,
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3.000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1,000
3,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2,500
1,500
560,000
'.San Jose 45,000
•San Juan.
'San Leandro.
San Lorenzo .
•San M artin . .
'San Mateo. . .
•San Pablo . . .
'San Quentin.
326
4.000
* 400
200
5,500
500
2,500
'San Rafael
•Santa Clara. . .
•Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
•Shell ville
Sheridan
Smarts ville. . .
'Soquel
'Sonoma
'South San
Francisco. . .
'-'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege .
Population
6,000
6,000
13.600
11.500
300
2.750
1.850
200
250
300
400
1.250
3.200
2.600
600
Suisun .
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . .
Sutter City. .
•-'Sutter Creek.
Tiburon
Tres Pinos. . .
•Vacaville.
'- 'Stockton 35.000
" " 800
340
1.200
250
1,300
350
300
1.250
'-•Vallejo 12.500
.... . 200
600
200
6,000
500
1.200
5,200
225
350
1.500
'Vineburg
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•Watson ville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
Total Cities
and Towns. .1,335,833
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served . 1,717,344
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
• — Electricity and Water.
' — Electricity supplied through other companies.
' — Gas supplied through other companies.
* — Water supplied through other companies.
* 'PACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
341,000 Horsepower in motors is supplied with electric
energy by "Pacific Service."
Of these motors, 35,000 Horsepower is in service in Cal-
ifornia mines, 63,000 at work on the farms, 55,000 driving street
and interurban railway cars, 138,000 in the manufacturing:
industries and 50,000 in miscellaneous uses.
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"PACIFIC SERVICE" REPRESENTS
5,250 employees in all departments.
$125,000,000 capital invested in gas, electricity, railroads and water plants.
37,775 square miles of territory in which it operates.
8,000 stockholders.
30 counties of the State in which it transacts business,
421,794 consumers served with gas, electricity, water and steam.
1,717,344 people served in 30 counties.
177 cities and towns in which it transacts business.
$5,900,000 annual wages paid employees in 1916.
$972,565 taxes paid to the State of California in 1916.
155,027 horsepower developed in 11 electric water-power plants.
106,568 horsepower developed in 3 electric steam plants.
261,595 total horsepower developed in 14 plants.
521,553,153 k. w. hours sold in 1916.
8,174,225,400 cubic feet of gas sold in 1916.
17 gas plants.
22,955.1 miles of wire used in distributing electricity.
2,779 miles of main used in distributing gas.
762 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing water.
700 miles of track of street railways operated and supplied with power.
47,668,000,000 gallons of water stored in 66 lakes and reservoirs.
This amount of water would supply the City of San Francisco for
950 days.
44,000 acres of land owned in (California.
2,717,206 barrels of California oil used in 1916.
63,193 horsepower in agricultural motors depending on "Pacific Service."
278,570 horsepower in mining, electric railways, manufacturing and other
motors depending on "Pacific Service."
35,765 street lamps, gas and electric, lighted by "Pacific Service."
3,758,175 incandescent lamps nightly lighted.
649,721 horsepower connected to system.
This represents the eciuivaJent of (5,500,000 men.
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Contents for March, 1917.
Views of Wise Powerhouse Frontispiece
WISE POWER PLANT ADDED TO "PACIFIC
SERVICE" — Its Putting in Operation
Marked by Brief but Interesting Cere-
mony Presided Over by the Mother of
the Brilliant Young Engineer to Whose
Memory the New Plant Is Dedicated . . F.S. Myrtle . . 353
MEMBERS OF THE P. C. G. A. TO GET TO-
GETHER 359
MODERNIZING THE SAN JOSE GAS WORKS Van E. Britton . 360
OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" EMPLOYEES AS-
SOCIATION 366
PACIFIC COAST ACTIVITIES IN THE N. E.
L. A A.H. Halloran . 369
"PACIFIC SERVICE" AT THE OAKLAND KIN-
EMA THEATRE H.E. Sandoval . 370
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AIDED BY "PA-
CIFIC SERVICE" 372
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F.HockenbeamerSl'l
EDITORIAL 378
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 380
Index to Advertisers
Allis-Ghalmers Mfg. Co v
Associated Oil Co x
Baldwin & Howell 3d page cover
Chaplin-F'idton Mfg. Co viii
General Electric Co iv
General Gas Light Go v
Goodyear Rubber Co vii
National CAty Company 4th page cover
Pacific Meter Co ix
PaciBc Telephone & Telegraph Co. .2d page cover
Pelton Water Wheel Co viii
Pierson, Roeding & Co vi
Roebling, John A., Sons Co x
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc viii
Sprague Meter Co viii
Standard Underground Cable Co ix
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co vii
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank. ..2d page cover
Welsbach Company x
Western Engineering Publishing Company . ix
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of Californiij vi
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co x
Wood. R. D., & Co V
Views of Wise powerhouse, on the State highway, hetween Auburn and Newcastle.
Installed capacity, 16,750 horsepower.
PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
Volume VIII
MARCH, 1917
Number 10
Wise Power Plant Added to
Pacific Service'
<Tr
Its Putting Jn Operation Marked by Brief but Interesting Ceremony,
Presided Over by the Mother bf the Brilliant Young Engineer
to Whose Memory the New Plant Is Dedicated
Hy FREDERICK S. MYRTLE
WISE powerhouse, No. 5 on the list,
as original!}' planned, of hydro-
electric developments comprising the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company's South
Yuba-Bear River system, was tied in with
"Pacific Service" on Sunday, March 4th.
Its operation marks the completion of the
second installment of our great construc-
tion work in the Sierra region which not
only assures an enormous addition to
our company's facilities in the way of
electric power generation and distribu-
tion but, also, ample water for the irri-
gation of immense areas of deciduous
fruit lands in one of the best productive
sections of our State.
Readers of Pacific Servicf, Magazine
have been made aware of the progress of
til is work, from time to time, in articles
recording the various stages as they were
reached. The first installment dates back
to Thanksgiving Day, 1913, when in con-
nection with the construction of Lake
Spaulding dam to a height of two hun-
dred and twenty-five feet above the sur-
face level of the South Yuba the Drum
power plant in the Bear River gorge,
some nine miles below Spaulding, was
made part of the comprehensive electric-
generating system owned and operated
by "Pacific Service." At that time Devel-
opments 4 and 5, marked, respectively,
in (Christian Valley near Clipper Gap,
and in Auburn Ravine, below the city of
that name, had been surveyed and some
ditch and tunnel work done upon them;
but it was not until last vear that the
work of completing these developments
was entered upon, and, in connection
therewith, to insure the additional sup-
ply of water deemed necessary for the
proposed increase of power facilities, the
placing of an additional thirty-five feet
of concrete atop of Spaulding dam.
Spaulding dam saw its elevation to the
260-foot level three years, almost to a
day, subsequent to the completion of the
first installment. No. 4 development, to
which the name of Halsey pow'er plant
had been given, as already described,
was synchronized with "Pacific Service"
on December 8th last, and thereby 16,750
horsepower added to the system. Now
comes No. 5, or Wise power plant, with
a like amount of electric energy in in-
stalled capacity. So now the South Yuba-
Bear River development stands in this
present situation :
Spaulding dam gives the lake of that
name a storage capacity of, in round
numbers, 62,500 acre feet, or 21,000,-
000,000 gallons. To this estimate of
()2,500 acre feet may be added 42,500
acre feet of water storage contained in
a score of smaller lakes at higher eleva-
tion which, with Spaulding, comprise the
South Yuba system, so that the aggregate
of water-storage capacity at the disposal
of "Pacific Service" from this South
Yuba development is placed at 105,000
acre feet. This is to be materially in-
creased, of course, some day — for in-
stance, the plans for Lake Spaulding call
for an ultimate structure standing three
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hundred and five feet above stream level,
while it is more than probable that some
of the smaller lakes may be enlarged —
but that is another story. This present
article is intended to treat only of what
lias been accomplished to date.
Concerning the electric energy which
can be turned out of the South Yuba sys-
tem— Drum powerhouse today is respon-
sible for 3.3,500 horsepower installed ca-
pacity, while Halsey and Wise together
represent a like amount. Total, to date,
67,000 horsepower, about one-half what
the South Yuba-Bear River development
will afford when it reaches the point of
final construction.
All three of these power plants have
points of interest apart from their engi-
neering features. Drum was named after
Mr. Frank G. Drum, the president of our
company, who
himself turned
the first spadeful
of earth on the
foundation of
Spaulding dam.
Halsey derived its
name from the
late Mr. N. W. Hal-
sey, the New York
financier who was
a director of "Pa-
cific Service" and
handled its s e-
curities. And Wise
— is it necessary
to inform our
readers that this
latest monument
to modern prog-
ress in electric
science bears im-
perishable tribute
to the me m o r y
of the brilliant
young engineer
who directed the
first operations on
tliis construction
work to which we
point with so much pride and who had
assumed full charge of the "Big Job"
when lie met his untimely death by acci-
dent in September, 1912?
James Hugh Wise, in his earthly pres-
ence, has passed from our midst, but his
lovable personality and his brilliant in-
tellect will linger with us for all time.
I do not think I am overstating the sen-
timent that prevails among the men of
"Pacific Service" when I say that no
more popular move was ever made by
our company's administration than the
decision to give the name of James Hugh
Wise to the powerhouse that stands forth
to the public view on the great highway
between Newcastle and Auburn.
And, what more fitting than that the
aged mother who so proudly watched
her son's career, and who with such
Our piirty iit the lower outlet of Tiiiincl No. 1. HaKcv (li\ ilopmcnt.
Pacific Service Magazine
355
Our paii\- iiispnting tlie concrete spillway at the head of Wise penstock.
I
noble fortitude has borne the irreparable
bereavement of his taking away, should
be present at the ceremony of opening
the new plant that bears his name and
with her own hands throw the switch
connecting it with the great network of
high-tension transmission lines that bear
the message of "Pacific Service" across
mountain and valley to San Francisco
Bay?
Stormy weather in the early part of
the year caused more than one postpone-
ment of the ceremony, but at last a day
came when the Fates appeared propi-
tious. On Saturday, March 3d, our party
journeyed up to Auburn. Our sturdy
chieftain, Mr. John A. Britton, was on
hand, personally escorting Mrs. Wise and
her niece, Miss Humphreys. Mr. F. G.
Baum, under whose tutelage "Jim" Wise
took his first important steps along the
road to success, who upon the younger
man's death took up and finished the
Spaulding job and who still serves "Pa-
cific Service" as consulting engineer, ac-
companied Chief Engineer P. M. Downing.
Other heads of departments included Mr.
Henry Bostwick, assistant to the first vice-
president; Mr. W. G. Vincent, Jr., valua-
tion engineer, and the writer. Mr. Will
Doble, of the well-known manufacturing
company that supplied the big water tur-
bine, came along as the company's guest,
as did, also. Professor Robert Sibley of
the University of California, representing
the Journal of Electricity. Mr. D. H.
Foote, our company's secretary, jour-
neyed up on a later train.
Others joined at Auburn. Messrs. "Char-
lie" McKillip and J. O. Tobey came in
from Sacramento by road. Mr. Jim Mar-
tin, manager of the Drum District, who
was general superintendent of the entire
Halsey-Wise project, and his foreman,
Mr. Emmet Britton, traveled down from
Colfax. Mr. J. P. Jollyman, engineer of
electrical construction, and Mr. W. C.
Finely, superintendent of construction,
had been on the ground for some days.
Other "Pacific Service" engineers ^vho
helped swell the gathering next morning
Included our load dispatcher, Mr. Fred
George, Messrs. George H. Bragg, R. A.
Gentis, Ed Whipple, G. M. Wehrle. Of
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roiirse, Mr. HcrbtM't (hooper, our genial
manager of Placer District, was there.
He lives at Auburn, and did the honors
of his bailiwick in lilting style.
An early start was made Sunday morn-
ing, and a procession of automobiles took
our party over the entire job, from its
beginning at the point of departure from
the old line of the Ragsdale tunnel to its
conclusion at Wise powerhouse, a dis-
tance across country of about nine miles.
Halsey was visited en route, and a most
interesting feature of the inspection tour
was the Rock Creek dam, a part of the
Wise development. It is not my purpose
in this article to attempt any descrip-
tions of a purely technical character; it
is mine merely to touch the high spots,
as it were, in telling our readers the story
of a memorable occasion in the life's his-
tory of "Pacific Service." Mr. Downing
has promised a complete review of the
work as it was planned and carried out
for an early issue of Pacific Service
Magazine. So, I will content myself at
this point with the statement that this
multiple-arch structure that stretches its
length 1050 feet across Rock Creek can-
yon, between Tunnel No. 9 and Wise
forebay, is more than worth the time
and trouble of a visit. It is said to be
the longest multiple-arch dam ever con-
structed, and it possesses the additional
distinguishing feature of having its
arches hinged at their abutments, thus
permitting the deflection of the arch
without causing cracks at the points of
attachment.
Wise powerhouse was not reached un-
til after the noon hour, and a goodly
gathering was in attendance, composed
mostly of citizens of Auburn and includ-
ing representatives of the local press.
Prominent in the throng was Mr. Peter
Hallbom, former owner of the land upon
which the powerhouse stands and who
now signified his complete approval of
the occasion in striking fashion, for he
appeared upon the scene with a wealth
of flowers which he strewed upon the
The crowd of iiitiTi'slfd onlookers at Wise powi-rlioiise. Members of our party
in Ihc foreground.
Pacific Service Magazine
357
The party spent
some time in inspect-
ing the plant. Wise
powerhouse, as be-
fore stated, stands in
Auburn ravine, about
a mile below the
town, alongside the
State highway and
in full view of the
passing traveler. It
ground over which
Mrs. Wise made her
way to the waiting
switchboard.
It was the cere-
mony of a moment.
Superintendent Fine-
ly stood by the indi-
cator and gave Mrs.
Wise her instruc-
tions. At the right
instant the signal
was given, the switch
was thrown and
Wise powerhouse was added to the list is a handsome concrete building of a
of hydro-electric developments in active style of architecture which "Pacific Serv-
operation. ice" has adopted for its own. Mr. Ivan
No words were spoken. The ceremony C. Frickstad, of the Engineering Depart-
was of the simplest. But the tears that ment, who designed it, calls particular
Interior of Wise powerhouse, sliowing the 18,000-horsepower Pelton-
Doble water-wheel driving tlie 16,750-horsepower
Westinghouse generator.
stood in the mother's eyes as she received
the congratulations of all who pressed
round her showed how deeply she was
affected. It was her day as well as her
son's day, and she felt proud as only a
mother can. To Mr. Downing she subse-
quently wrote in the following terms:
"Your sincere and cordial hospitality
on that sublime and memorial day of
March 4, 1917, is very much appreciated,
and I trust that the wonderful energy
shall be distributed in great abundance
to all who wish it."
attention to the windows, each seven feet
square, that run round the building im-
mediately beneath the cornice.
"These windows really furnished the
motive for the general design of the
building," he explains. "The engineers
wanted them at a sufficient height from
the ground in order to provide an exit
for the high-voltage lines from the trans-
formers. With its Spanish-tiled roof sur-
mounting its buff-colored cement walls,
the whole set off by varying shades of
green in the wooded background, the
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powerhouse, besides being an imposing
structure, forms an attractive feature of
the landscape in this favored section of
the foothill region.
The grounds of the powerhouse are
laid out terrace fashion, and a native
rock wall, capped with cement, runs
along the front of the building facing
the State highway. In place of an after-
bay, or lake, such as is provided at Hal-
sey development, the water discharged
from the powerhouse pours into a rock-
walled canal which for the present comes
to an abrupt end a short distance down
the canyon. This canal, however, is des-
tined to be the headworks of an irriga-
tion system which "Pacific Service" has
undertaken to construct for the purpose
of supplying water to the orchard lands
around Newcastle.
The water is conveyed across country
from Halsey to Wise by ditch and tun-
nel. There are four tunnels in this sec-
tion, three of which lie between Halsey
and the Rock Creek dam. From Wise
forebay the water travels to the power-
house through a penstock 8546 feet long,
with a fall of 519 feet. The penstock has
a diameter of eight feet at the forebay,
tajjering to five feet six inches at the
powerhouse. The interior equipment of
the powerhouse differs from that of Hal-
sey, where two 9000-horsepower water
turbines are used to drive the generator.
At Wise there is but one turbine, but it
is famous as the largest horizontal-shaft,
single-discharge turbine in existence. It
was manufactured by the Pelton-Doble
Company and is rated at 18,000 horse-
power. Visitors to the Panama-Pacific
Exposition may remember the great tur-
bine that occupied a prominent place
among the exhibits in Machinery Hall.
Well, this is the salf-same turbine, and
it was specially constructed for "Pacific
Service." The electric generator it drives
I lie K><>UP i't tlie switchboard. Headiiig left to right: NV. C. Finely. J. P. Jollyniaii,
John .\. Hrilton, Mrs. Clara B. Wise, James Martin, P. M. Downing, F. 0. Bauni.
Pacific Service Magazine
359
Picturesque view of Wise powerhouse from across the State liighway.
is of Westinghouse make, of 16,750 horse-
power capacity, and generates electricity
at 6600 volts. By the aid of a bank of
three transformers the electric energy is
stepped up to the requisite voltage for
its journey down valley. At present the
voltage is 60,000, but this will be in-
creased to 110,000 as soon as the Wise
tower line is completed to San Francisco
Bay.
So is furnished a second chapter in the
storv of our South Yuba-Bear River de-
velopment. Halsey and Wise power
plants, with their direct connection to
both the Drum-Cordelia and the Electra-
Mission San Jose transmission lines, will
surely prove welcome additions to the
electric generating system owned and
operated by "Pacific Service." They are
modern plants, up-to-date in every way,
and are enduring monuments to the prog-
ress of electric science as well as tributes
to the memories of the men whose names
thev bear.
Members of the P. C. G. A. to Get Together
Notices have been sent out for the first
get-together dinner, this season, of the
members of the Pacific Coast Gas Asso-
ciation. It is to be held on the evening
of Thursday, April 5th, at the Palace
Hotel, San Francisco. Secretary Henry
Bostwick, in notifying the membership,
announces that reports upon their activ-
ities will be expected from all the stand-
ing committees.
According to regular schedule this
gathering should have taken place in
January last; a postponement, however.
was necessitated by the absence in the
East of the Association's active President,
Mr. C. B. Babcock. In order, then, not to
bring the sectional meetings of the Asso-
ciation too close together, it is proposed
to defer the Los Angeles get-together
(linner, which under ordinary cii-cuni-
stances would take place in May, until
some time in June.
Members, permit us to remind you that
the annual convention takes place this
year at Santa Cruz in the third week of
September.
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Views of tin- gas works at San .It)se, California. Owned and operated by "Pacific Service.
(Capacity, 2,000,00(1 ciil>ic feet per day of twenty hours.
Pacific Service Magazine
361
Modernizing the San Jose Gas Works
By VAN E. BRITTON, Assistant Engineer Gas Department
ON Friday morning, February 9th, Mr.
L. B. Jones, assistant engineer of
the Gas Department and co-inventor with
his father, Mr. E. C. Jones, of the Jones
Improved Oil Gas Generator, opened an
oil valve at the San Jose gas works which
started the production of gas in the first
of these improved generators built in
smaller units than those in operation at
the Potrero works in San Francisco and
Station "B," Oakland.
Among those who attended the auspi-
cious ceremony were Mrs. E. C. Jones,
chief engineer Gas Department; Mr. F. S.
Myrtle, publicity manager; Mr. John D.
Kuster, manager of the San Jose District;
Mr. George Pollard, assistant manager;
Mr. Robert Hargreaves, superintendent of
the gas works; Mr. Carl Johnson, assistant
superintendent; Mr. Wm. Henderson, as-
sistant engineer of the Gas Department;
Mr. Frank Foveaux, draughtsman, and
the writer, who had the honor of being
given charge of the construction of the
plant.
The old equipment of gas generators
at San Jose had been installed for more
than a decade and were rapidly proving
inadequate as well as inefficient com-
pared with the results secured on the im-
proved process generators in San Fran-
cisco and Oakland. Their inadequacy
demanded the installation of an addi-
tional unit; efficiency demanded that the
unit be an improved Jones Set.
Estimating on a production capacity
of two million cubic feet per day, plans
were drawn for a set of generators twelve
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General view of generator flooi'. i'lie old generator in the foregrouiiti.
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starting the new generator. Leon B. Jones and Van L. Britten at the control for the first "run."
feet in diameter, with the primary shell
thirty feet and the .secondary shell forty-
two feet high. More than one hundred
and ten thousand fire brick were used
for the lining, arches, piers and checker-
ing of these two shells.
From experience in other plants it was
determined to use nothing but extra
heavy pipe and fittings in making up the
oil and steam rings and headers for con-
ducting these gas-making agents from the
boilers and pumps to the generators. Al-
though the initial cost is slightly greater,
the annual maintenance is considerably
less, and there is the added satisfaction
of knowing that there is no leakage to
care for, with the privilege of increasing
pressures at will, if the development of
the process warrants the use of greater
oil pressures and temperatures, and of
superheated steam.
Time being an extromelv essential fac-
tor in the operation of an improved gen-
erator, all of the blast valves as well as
the stack and scrubber valves, were
equipped with hydraulic cylinders so
that their control could be handled from
a central point with a minimum of effort
and loss of time on the part of the oper-
ator. Immediately in front of his con-
trol stand is installed an indicating plate,
on which by means of pointers, the exact
position of the gale of each of these
valves is shown.
The operating and control equipment
further consists of three oil meters, of
the vertical dial type, with a pressure
gauge for each; one for the heating oil,
one for the making oil to the primary
shell and one for the making oil to the
secondary shell. Eacli, of course, is con-
trolled by a separate wheel valve mounted
on a floor stand, directly beneath which
is a similar wheel valve on the same
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363
stand controlling the slcani supply to the
corresponding burner ring. These steam
valves each have a gauge mounted di-
rectly above the corresponding oil pres-
sure gauge which, in turn, is above the
dial of its oil meter. In all there are
three gauge stands, each with its oil
meter, one oil pressure gauge and two
steam gauges, with the exception of the
center one which has an eight-day en-
gine-room clock mounted in place of the
second steam gauge. These two addi-
tional steam gauges indicate the pressure
carried on the steam rings which supply
the catalytic atmosphere which is one
of the important features of this new
method of making oil gas.
Between these three gauge stands are
located two Yenturi manometers, the first
being connected with a meter tube in-
stalled in the blast line, and which indi-
cates the quantity of air in cubic feet
per minute being used. Knowing the
amount of oil being burned per minute
during the heating period it becomes a
simple matter to open the blast valves
until the required amount of air per min-
ute is being admitted to insure complete
combustion of the oil. Frequent stack
samples are taken and analyzed to check
this proportion. The other manometer
is connected with a meter tube in the
main steam line and indicates the steam
in pounds per hour being used. Its prin-
cipal use is in the regulation of the
amount of steam admitted to the two
catalyzing lines, and to the oil sprays and
purge lines.
Bj^ the side of the primary and second-
ary oil meters are located two smaller
manometers connected with meter tubes
on the oil lines leading to the burners on
the primary and secondary shells. These
indicate the rate of flow in gallons of
oil per minute and their use permits of
close regulation.
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Mezzanine floor of San Jose gas works, showing valve mechanism of new oil-gas process.
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'Ihe group at the ceremony of starting the new generators. Heading lett to right: John I). Kuster,
Geo. Pollard, Robert Hargreaves, Mrs. Kuster, Mrs. Van E. Britton, Frank Foveaux,
Leon B. Jones, E. C. Jones, F. S. Myrtle, Van E. Britton, \V. M. Henderson.
Flanking this equipment on the left is
a Type Q recorder, connected with a gas
meter tube located at the outlet of the
last scrubber, which indicates the rate
at which gas is being made, makes a
graphic record of that rate and, also,
records the total amount made each run
and each day. . Recent checks and tests
against the relief holder have shown it
to be less than one per cent in error.
On the right is located a test light,
which is on a circulating line from the
primary scrubber and is provided with
a miniature purifier. This gives almost
immediate indications of the quality of
the gas being made. Beside it for com-
parison, and also to keep the test burner
lighted, is an open-flame gas burner from
the street main, which indicates the
quality of the holder gas.
Located between each of the valve
stands are steam valves connected with
the purge lines, whose purpose is to clear
the oil lines whenever required.
It is seen from this that the operator
does not have to leave a very small space
to be in complete control of the gen-
erator, as everything is brought directly
to him. Nor is his vision obscured and
liis senses confused by a mass of piping,
for this is all concealed beneath the oper-
ating floor and made easily accessible
from a mezzanine.
Directly back of the controlling sta-
tion is a desk, on which is the report
blank, also the selective switch for the
jjyrometer. The pyrometer is mounted
on the wall above which are the main
steam, oil and hydraulic pressure gauges,
and the recording oil therometer.
Tile pyrometer indicator is connected
with the selective switch and indicates
the temperature at any one of seven
points in the generator. The desk is
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365
lighted by a gas table lamp, while the
valve stands and meter and gauge boards
are lighted by a three-mantle Humphrey
arc equipped with a parabolic reflector,
which provides a flood of light that is
most eff"ective and pleasing. A similar
gas arc throws a flood of light across the
top of the two generators and at night
gives the operator a perfect view of con-
ditions there.
A Sturtevant fan exhauster, belt-con-
nected to a steam engine, has been in-
stalled on the outlet of the primary scrub-
ber, whose purpose is similar to that of
the exhausters on the coal-gas benches,
namely, to relieve excessive pressures due
to the rapid generation of gas. In order
that a constant pressure may be main-
tained on the generator the speed of the
engines is governed by the pressure on
the generator. That is, the greater the
quantity of gas being produced, the
greater is the speed of the engine.
Two larger fan blowers were installed,
one motor and one steam-turbine driven.
Both of these units are direct-connected.
In addition, a large B. & W, boiler was
removed from the San Jose steam plant
and installed, which provides ample
steam for all purposes.
The centralization of control, and the
direct indication of temperatures, and
quantities of air, steam and oil, change
the making of oil gas from a crude art
to a science. The engineer can by tests
determine definitely the value of theoret-
ical and laboratory experiments and,
after certain factors have been estab-
lished, give definite instructions which,
carried out by the operator, mean uni-
form quality and results.
The net result is operating efficiency
and uniform production. Certain condi-
tions of temperature, oil and steam pres-
sures, rates of flow, time of contact and
duration of run, give the best results.
These have been proven. Therefore, if
these several factors are established and
the gas maker follows instructions, a
much greater percentage of the oil used
must be made into gas and not wasted as
a by-product, and the quality must be
uniformly good. The production of
lampblack can be controlled and this, at
present, great source of expense practic-
ally eliminated.
Even a Gasholder May Be a Thing of Beauty
(From an editorial in the San Francisco Call)
Redwood City has a gasholder — one of
those cylindrical storage tanks that are
part and parcel of the industrial activ-
ities of every city — that has been so
disguised as to make it almost, if not
entirely, attractive, instead of an eyesore.
It is possible, especially in portions of
a city not exclusively given over to man-
ufacturing, to house commercial affairs
behind an artistic exterior. Out on Geary
Street, in the Richmond District, a coal
company has a branch yard that, if it
were not for the crudely painted coal
buckets on its walls, might be taken for a
small school building. Potted flowers
lend a touch of beauty, and the whole
efl"ect is pleasing to the eye. Undoubt-
edly that building, in that particular loca-
tion, would help to maintain property
values — if it were not for the proximity
of several kinds of shacks, barns, garages
and — billboards.
It may sometimes cost a little more, but
it certainly is worth while, and the better
part of good business judgment to con-
sider beauty a little in the erection of any
and all buildings, whether they are to be
used for residences or bakeries. This
fact has been recognized in the laying
out of new residence districts, but it
would be more to the point if property
owners and builders in the older and
more settled sections would do the same.
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Our"Pacific Service" Employees Association
.\ II
"(iraphic Methods for the Business Man
and Engineer" was the subject of an
illustrated talk by Mr. J. P. Baloun, chief
of the Drafting Department, at the regu-
lar monthly meeting held on Tuesday
evening, February 13th, at Elks' Hall,
San Francisco. By a series of cleverly
arranged charts the speaker reviewed the
subject of graphic presentation from the
Stone Age to its use in our modern com-
plex civilization of today. Examples of
special charts, illustrating the diversified
use of graphic presentation, were shown
and explained by specialists for the vari-
ous departments using such charts.
The special entertainment furnished by
the Drafting Department consisted of
several selections by a trio composed of
Miss Rosa A. Lamont, Miss Violet W. La-
mont and Miss Jeannette Condy, accom-
panied on the piano by Miss Lucie "White.
Messrs. S. B. Howatt and H. C. Dunton in
costume gave a very clever skit.
The Most Reverend E. J. Hanna, D. D.,
archbishop of San Francisco, was the
speaker of the evening at the meeting on
March 13th. The archbishop's talk was
upon "Immigration Affecting California,"
a subject upon which he is well qualified
to express ideas, for he is himself a mem-
ber of the Committee on Immigration
that has done and is doing great work
in the direction of protecting and caring
for the immigrant from the time of his
landing upon American soil to the plac-
ing him in suitable employment. The
distinguished prelate touched upon the
work of this commission, describing the
conditions that had prevailed previous to
its organization and went on to urge
upon every American citizen the neces-
sity as well as the duty of welcoming the
stranger from foreign lands.
"We should have a sense of respon-
sibility, of hospitality," said the arch-
bishop. "We should welcome these men
and accept what they have to give in the
way of brain and hands. The immigrant
is necessary to us as a factor in the great
work that lies before us. If he fails, we
fail. He is our hope for the future ages.
We are not supplying men enough our-
selves to do the work."
Archbishop Hanna gave the interesting
information that the Immigration Com-
mission's work in California has attracted
the attention of other commonwealths,
so that State after State have been send-
ing westward for records and statistics
to help them in their handling of the
great problem under discussion.
Discussing nationalities, Archbishop
Hanna expressed the opinion that the
future of the state of California lies
largely with the Italian and Portuguese
elements. These, he stated, were grow-
ing in number and importance daily.
Splendid physical specimens of human-
ity, well endowed with brains and en-
ergy, they were sure, he thought, to make
themselves felt in the development of
this community by the shores of the Pa-
cific. "This is a democratic country and
numbers count," stated the archbishop.
"When I tell you that there are 85,000
Italians and 40,000 Portuguese, to say
nothing of 40,000 more of French and
Spanish origin, within the limits of my
diocese today you can realize upon whose
shoulders the work of development of
this community is likelv to fall,"
Mr, John A, Britton introduced Arch-
bishop Hanna to his audience. Mr. James
F. Brennan, former assistant district at-
torney, and Mr. Warren Shannon enter-
tained with stories and recitations. There
was a large attendance.
The Oakland meeting of the associa-
tion was held on February 27th at the
Hotel Oakland. About two hundred and
fifty members and friends attended.
Mr. Albert H. Elliot spoke on "Service,"
and the important part it played in every
transaction in modern business. Mr.
John .\. Britton, Jr., assistant engineer,
Gas Department, Alameda County Dis-
trict, with the aid of a series of charts
traced the development of gas manufac-
turing from early days to the present
time, and explained step by step all the
various methods required for the manu-
facture of gas in a large modern plant.
During the course of the evening, sev-
eral musical numbers were rendered by
Alameda Countv District double quartette.
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367
Why I Am Affiliated With the Employees
Association"
Having personally espoused the cause of the Employees' Association from time
to time through the columns' of the magazine and otherwise, and feeling that our
employees would be interested in having similar expressions from others, I have
taken the liberty of requesting each of the chairmen of our several committees to
set forth in not to exceed twenty-five words, an answer to the question, "Why I
am afliliated with the Employees' Association?" The answers in themselves, either
collectively or individually, should be sufficiently convincing to induce every em-
ployee, who is not already a member, to become interested in the affairs of the
Association. Henry Bostwick, Chairman.
"I count the Association immeasurably
valuable, educationally, because of the
opportunities to become better acquainted
with the company's many activities, and,
secondly, the advantages of fellowship
which makes for team work." — Geo. B.
FiRNiss, Vice-Chairman.
"Because I believe it brings the em-
ployee in closer touch with the company,
thereby promoting the best interests of
I both." — -W. J. Driscoll, Chairman Mem-
i bership Committee.
"Because of the opportunity it pre-
sents. Other things being equal, they
have most opportunity who have the
I most useful knowledge. Opportunity will
: crowd you if you are prepared." — F. R.
I George, Chairman Papers and Meetings
I Committee.
"No chain is stronger than its \veakest
link. The weakest link in the chain of
any organization is the human element;
therefore, let us get together and help
educate and strengthen each other." — J.
W. Varney, Chairman Educational Com-
mittee.
"I am affdiated with the Employees'
Association because I value the fellow-
ship and friendship of every man and
woman who works for this company." —
A. U. Brandt, Chairman Technical Com-
mittee.
"I am afTiliated with the Employees'
Association because of an inherent belief
in the success of co-operation and in the
strength of unity of purpose." — K. I.
Dazey, Chairman Athletic Committee.
"1. Loyalty. 2. The knowledge ob-
tained by attending the educational meet-
ings and thereby increasing my effi-
ciency. 3. By enabling me to become
better acquainted with my fellow em-
ployees."— P. B. Hardenbergh, Chairman
Reception Committee.
"Because I believe that we promote a
stronger comradeship which enables us
to render 'Pacific Service' not only to the
public, but also to our company." — W. S.
Coleman, Chairman Good of the Associa-
tion Committee.
"I am trying to make good for the com-
pany, as well as individually. Acquaint-
anceship being the first essential of co-
operation, let's get acquainted." — R. E.
Fisher, Chairman Entertainment Com-
mittee.
"To properly co-operate, we must first
get acquainted. Our Association fur-
nishes the best means to that end. No
one can succeed, without helping others."
— S. V. Walton, Chairman Commercial
Activities Committee.
"I am affiliated with the Employees'
Association because I believe in associa-
tion work and, further, because I find
the meetings interesting and highly in-
structive."— L, H. Newbert, Chairman
New Business Activities Committee.
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"Because it tends to foster a proper
spirit among the employees of the com-
panj', as well as for the benefits derived
from such an association." — Geo. C. Hol-
BERTON, Chairman Permanent Quarters
Committee.
"Because it stands for a progressive
principle, and having the moral and
financial backing of the management, our
Association should have my unqualified
support." — E. B. Price, Chairman Edi-
torial and Publicity Committee.
"Because every employee should co-
operate with the associates in his depart-
ment, and all departments should co-
operate with one another for the public
good." — Joseph P. Baloun, Librarian.
We Are Growing
The following new members have been
taken into the Employees' Association
during the past month:
Miss C. E. Cosgrove, Manager's Office,
San Francisco District; Sydney Clennell,
Station "A," San Francisco District; Thos.
K. Caughey, Gas Distr. Dept., Oakland;
E. Courtier, Collection Dept., San Fran-
cisco District; B. D. Compton, Bookkeep-
ing Dept., San Francisco District; M. F.
Campbell, Electric Distr. Dept., San Fran-
cisco District; J. F. Conens, Bookkeeping
Dept., San Francisco District.
Boy A. Doan, Gas Distr. Dept., Oak-
land; Miss B. J. Dale, Manager's Office,
San Francisco District.
Alfred G. Enslin, Bookkeeping Dept.,
Oakland; Earl E. Ferretta, Gas Distr.
Dept., Oakland; \Vm. F. Flaherty, Audit-
ing Dept., San Francisco District; Ivan
C. Frickstad, General Constr. Dept., San
Francisco.
B.
H.
land
land
Dept
C
land.
J.
land
San
Green, Gas Distr. Dept., Berkeley.
J. Hansen, Electric Distr. Dept., Oak-
; \V. F. Heino, Gas Distr. Dept., Oak-
; Frank L. Hatfield, Electric Distr.
., San Francisco District.
C. Jensen, Electric Distr. Dept., Oak-
Electric Distr. Dept., Oakland; A. D. Mac-
intyre. Electric Distr. Dept., San Fran-
cisco District; Jas. K. Maddocks, Gas
Distr. Dept., Oakland; J. Minikello, Gas
Distr. Dept., Oakland.
Jas. Portland, Gas Meter Bepair Dept,,
Oakland; J. C. Pearce, Gas Distr. Dept.,
Oakland; J. E. Peterson, Gas Distr. Dept.,
Oakland; \V. M. Putnam, Auditing Dept.,
San Francisco District.
A. C. Quinlan, Auditing Dept., San
Francisco District.
Frank Bichards, Electric Distr. Dept.,
Oakland; F. J. Beinhardt, Collection
Dept., San Francisco District.
W. B. Schneider, Laboratory, San Fran-
cisco; W. B. Schwab, Station "C," San
Francisco District; Abner J. Sevier, Gas
Mfg. Dept., San Francisco District; P. C.
Smith, Gas Distr. Dept., Oakland; C. F.
Shea, Collection JDept., San Francisco Dis-
trict.
Archie J. Twogood, Electric Distr. Dept.,
San Francisco District; W. C. Thompson, :
Warehouse, Oakland.
H. J. Wagner, Gas Distr. Dept., Oak-
land.
Association Notes
It will be of interest to our employees
to know that the first two ladies of our
organization who have come forward to
take advantage of membership in the
Association are Miss C. E. Cosgrove and
Miss B. J. Dale, both employed in the San
Francisco District manager's office.
At the last meeting of the Association
the secretary, in announcing this fact,
through inadvertence failed to mention
Miss Cosgrove as being the first lady in
the organization to take advantage of
membership in the Association, her ap-
plication having reached the secretary's
office a day or two prior to that of Miss
Dale's. Both applications were concur-
rently acted upon at the first meeting of
the Executive Commitee following their
receipt.
J. Mulgrcw, Industrial Dept., Oak-
C. B. Merrick, Electric Distr. Dept.,
Francisco District; J. W. Morton,
We desire to take this occasion to im-
press upon all members that should they
have any suggestions to make regarding ^
the affairs of the Association, that the i
officers will be glad to receive the same
for consideration. All such suggestions
should be signed by the member and
mailed to the secretary.
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369
Pacific Coast Activities in the N. E. L. A.
By A. H. HALLORAN, Secretary of Pacific Coast Section
A new and effective centralizing influ-
ence among the electrical interests of the
West has been established with the or-
ganization of the Pacific Coast Section of
the National Electric Light Association.
The section comprises the states of Cali-
fornia, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
It was organized at Los Angeles on Janu-
ary 6th and already has fifty-one Class A
(central station) members with many of
their employees on its list and is rapidly
gaining in membership. Most prominent
among these in size and representation
on various committees is the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, which was repre-
sented at the organization meeting by Mr.
John A. Britton. The aggregate capital-
ization of member power companies is
close to $350,000,000.
No time was lost in starting active
work. President R. H. Ballard immedi-
ately appointed five standing committees,
public policy, commercial accounting, en-
gineering and membership. These com-
mittees have already held several meet-
ings and worked out a remarkable series
of papers and reports for presentation at
the first convention, which, upon invita-
tion of the Southern Sierras Power Com-
pany, will be held at Riverside April
19-21, with the beautiful Glenwood Mis-
sion Inn as headquarters. All of the
convention papers and reports will be
printed in advance of the date of meet-
ing in the Journal of Electricity, so that
ample time will be available for prepar-
ing discussion. The papers will be read
only in abstract at the meeting so as to
give as much time as possible for the
discussion.
Under the chairmanship of Mr. S. V.
Walton a full day will be devoted to the
report of the commercial committee. An
especially valuable feature of this report
will be the record of tests which have re-
cently been made on various types of
electric water heaters. Reports will like-
wise be received from the engineering
committee, of which Mr. J. E. Wood-
bridge is chairman, and the accounting
committee, whose head is Mr. B. F. Story.
Mr. John A. Britton, as chairman of the
public policy committee, will present the
committee report at the association ban-
quet.
An enegetic campaign has been con-
ducted by the membership committee, of
which Mr. W. W. Briggs is chairman and
whose members include Messrs. W. S.
Coleman, R. E. Fisher, Geo. B. Furniss
and S. J. Lisberger from the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company. The secretary,
furthermore, has personally visited all
member companies throughout Nevada,
Arizona and New Mexico, everywhere
finding great interest and strong support
for this movement to bring about a com-
mon understanding among electrical men
working under similar conditions.
The future for the Pacific Coast Sec-
tion is brilliant. It fills a long-felt want.
Follo^^ing is a list of the officers and
executive committee:
President, R. H. Ballard, Los Angeles;
vice-presidents, H. F. Jackson, San Fran-
cisco, and Samuel Kahn, Stockton; secre-
tary, A. H. Halloran, 618 Mission Street,
San Francisco; treasurer, A. N. Kemp,
Los Angeles.
Executive Committee : Henry Bostwick,
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San
Francisco; W. W. Briggs, Great Western
Power Company, San . Francisco; W^m.
Baurhyte, Los Angeles Gas and Electric
Corporation, Los Angeles; George A.
Campbell, Truckee River General Elec-
tric Company, Reno, Nevada; E. R. Davis,
Pacific Light and Power Corporation, Los
Angeles; W. P. Southard, Albuquerque
Gas, Electric Light and Power Corpora-
tion, Alberquerque, New Mexico; F. S.
Viele, Prescott Gas and Electric Com-
pany, Prescott, Arizona; A. Emory Wish-
on, San Joaquin Light and Power Cor-
poration, Fresno; A. B. West, Southern
Sierras Power Company, Riverside.
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Pacific Service Magazine
Pacific Service" at the Oakland
Kinema Theatre
By H. E. SANDOVAL, Commercial Department, Alameda County District
13ATRONS of the movies could hardly
recognize the old Oakland Photo
Theatre when, under the management of
Mr. Emil Kehrlein, the Oakland Kinema
Theatre welcomed the public to its house-
warming on January 27fh at the old loca-
tion on Broadway, near Fifteenth Street.
So thoroughly has been the renovation
and so extensive have been the unlooked-
for improvements and conveniences that
people may well ask, "What more could
be desired?" Kinema means motion or
moving.
Mr. Kehrlein has probably departed
more radically from established custom
in the management of a purely "movie"
show than any concern in America. The
house will be run on the basis of the
legitimate theatre, there being but two
shows daily. The box office is open from
10 a. m, and seats may be reserved for
any performance. He will secure only
big first-run feature films of ten or twelve
reels, such as were "The Clansman" and
"Intolerance." Unsurpassed by road
shows or vaudeville houses, the Oakland
boasts an orchestra of sixteen pieces un-
der the leadership of Mr, Paul Sternberg.
The music is specially selected to har-
monize with each scene and emotion and
is so timed as to synchronize with the
picture cues to within one-quarter of a
minute.
But passing mention can be given to
the reconstruction, $25,000 having been
expended in improvements, A heavy
layer of concrete was placed under the
w'ooden floor in the main section, from
which mushroom ventilators under each
seat change the air every ten minutes in
the theatre. An electrically-driven fan
forces the air through a netw'ork of steam
pipes into this concrete chamber, thus
combining an efficient and comfortable
()akl;iii(l Kinciiia 'I'licalrc, on Broadway, near I'iftepnlli Street
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system for hot or cold weather. An in-
tercommunicating telephone system con-
nects the orchestra leader, operating
room, box oflice and ushers' stations.
Kinema opera chairs are installed, being
especially designed and taking their name
from the chain of theatres operated by
Mr. Kehrlein. These chairs have double
arm rests, a barrel-shaped back with a
pneumatic cushion and are very flexible,
"fitting you in any position," as one per-
son expressed it.
A massive marquis extends the length
of the theatre and to the sidewalk's edge,
within which electrical insert signs feat-
ure the week's star and production. Oak-
land Kinema Theatre in large open-letter
design rather than the old type of solid
letter introduces a new type of electrical
sign to the east bay cities. Nine hundred
and fifty candelabra lamps are used in
its construction. Four large opalescent
globes, six feet in diameter, are mounted
in the fire wall above the marquis and
are illuminated from within to give a
soft red glow. These globes were pur-
chased from the Inside Inn and bring
back fond memories of our wonderful
exposition. A group of flood lights with
varied color screens throw a multi-col-
ored beam down Broadway.
The interior decorations and lighting
are worthy of particular notice. Under
the direction of Marius Schmidt, exposi-
tion artist, the color scheme throughout
the building, vestibule, foyer, ladies'
dressing room and theatre, is a delicate
rose pink, and the furniture, draperies,
carpets, etc., harmonize with this idea.
The walls of the theatre are in nature
studies, and so realistic are they that the
clouds appear to move with the rise and
fall of the lights. The decorations are
merged ([uite artistically with the light-
ing fixtures. Here large pink roses in
stucco on the ceiling act as receptacles
for ball-frosted lamps which are ingen-
iously wrapped with pink gelatine paper
to give a very natural appearance. Re-
flectors placed out of sight on the box
oflice eliminate any shadows that might
be cast from the plaster moulds. The
theatre is lighted with a softly diffused
indirect illumination and was installed
under the direction of Ben Gavica. The
foyer is illuminated with cove lights over
which are placed colored natural glass
diffusers. A soft glow covers the ceiling
but no light reaches the screen. The
theatre walls and ceiling are flooded from
amber-screened reflectors placed below
the balcony rail. These lights are con-
nected to dimmers, which are operated
by the orchestra leader. After much ex-
periment Mr. Kehrlein has constructed a
velvet curtain screen which very notice-
ably reduces flicker, glare and eye strain.
The curtain is recessed in the stage and
is twenty-five feet from the nearest seat.
Potted plants and flowers adorn the
foyer and ladies' dressing room and are
changed daily. Telephone, drinking foun-
tains, full-length mirrors and maid in at-
tendance are but a few of the many
conveniences.
The operating room is equipped with
the latest picture apparatus, everything
being installed in duplicate. Two Powers
6-B machines with speed regulators are
installed and two operators are on duty
at each show. "Pacific Service" fur-
nishes two sources of power, one an A. C.
110-volt main and the other a 500-volt
D. C. line. The alternating current sup-
plies the lighting and the two mercury
arc rectifiers. The direct feeds a motor
generator set which converts from 500 to
120 D. C. for picture machines and exit
lighting. The rectifiers supply one bus
in the operating room and the M. G. set
another, where double-throw switches al-
low the flexibility of putting any or all
circuits on either system.
The theatre opened January 27th with a
two-weeks' engagement of "War Brides,"
featuring Nazimova, the most intensely
emotional actress before the screen pub-
lic today. The play is a protest against
some of the conditions arising out of the
present great war and offers food for
serious thought and reflection.
The success of the new theatre is well
attested by the large crowds attending
the last two weeks and the messages of
congratulation pouring in from all sides.
Floral offerings of best wishes were much
in evidence, and "Pacific Service" takes
this means of extending its greetings to
Mr. Kehrlein and wishing him the success
and satisfaction he is sure to acquire.
The Oakland Kinema Theatre leads the
way in placing the picture show on a
higher plane and is a credit to Oakland
and to the men who conceived it and
those who manage it. .
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Pacific Service Magazine
Industrial Activities Aided by 'Pacific Service"
The Lee Ink Manufacturing Company,
Oakland, has installed a Model C water
still for the distillation of water. The
process is vaporizing water by a gas
flame and collecting the evaporated water
in a condensing chamber. The result is
a pure soft water so as to completely dis-
solve dyes; otherwise the colors are not
fixed but become streaked. It is prefer-
able to run a small still twenty-four hours
a day rather than a large installation
shorter periods. The Lee Company's still
uses 15,000 cubic feet per month. Stills
are used by druggists, as large quantities
of pure water are necessary in prescrip-
tions and solutions.
The Grass Valley Consolidated Gold
Mining Company, the officers of which
are prominent Sacramentans, has recently
re-opened the famous Allison Ranch
Mine, which is situated a few miles be-
low the city of Grass Valley. This mine
has a very interesting history and it is
generally predicted that it will prove to
be one of the largest producers in the
Grass Valley mining district within a
short time. A large ore mill has been
erected and the entire mine has been
equipped with electrically-operated ma-
chinery. A total of 1000 horsepower in
motors will be in use within a short time.
The Scoville Machine Works, Oakland,
has purchased a gas-fired metal-treating
furnace. In the tempering of steel it is
very essential not to overheat. A difi'er-
ence of even ten degrees affects the re-
sults. For instance, 420 degrees are re-
(luired for milling cutters, whereas 430
degrees are necessary for wood-engrav-
ing tools. On the other hand, springs re-
quire 600 degrees. Special furnaces are
used with a vat of oil or bath as it is
called. The oil protects from the dan-
ger of overheating. When the required
temperature is reached, the gas may be
turned off either by hand or automatic-
ally. Gas offers the advantage of an even,
steady heat.
The American Coin and Register Com-
pany, Oakland, sells automatic coin
changers and cash registers. It is neces-
sary that some of the small parts com-
bine lightness and strength. The steel
tempering is better done under exact
treatment. This is done in what is called
high-speed steel metal-treating furnaces.
The outside of the steel must be hard to
stand wear and the inside soft to give
strength. Barium chlorine is used as a
hardening medium. It is heated in a
crucible in a gas-blast furnace, having
the advantage that when the metal is im-
mersed in the bath the barium chloride
adheres to the surface of the metal, cov-
ering it with a hard crust. This prevents
the parts being heated too quickly, insur-
ing an even temperature. The American
Coin people have installed the Stuart
type of gas furnace for this particular
work and will approximate 20,000 cubic
feet per month.
The Sacramento Transportation Com-
pany has recently entered into a contract
for the electrification of its brick yard,
located a few miles below Sacramento on
the river. The initial installation will be
approximately 140 horsepower.
The Thomas H. B. Varney Company is
establishing billboards de luxe with night
illumination. These signs are built in
panels of artistic design, many in the
form of a framed picture with border of
graceful lines. The lighting of each sec-
tion of board is by means of three over-
hanging hood reflectors, each equipped
Pacific Service Magazine
373
with 75-watt nitrogen lamp. The cur-
rent is supplied from the midnight street-
lighting system.
The Southern Pacific Company has an-
nounced its plans and started construc-
tion of several projects in this part of
the State which call for the investment
of millions of dollars. Among the most
important are the construction of a hand-
some office building on lower Market
Street, the construction of shops and ter-
minal facilities at Bay Shore, and the
reconstruction and enlargement of the
existing shops at Roseville and Sacra-
mento. On Friday, March 9th, the rail-
road company held an "Open Shop" day
at its Sacramento Shops, to which the
general public was invited in order to
familiarize themselves with the huge
plant. Nearly one thousand people from
Sacramento and vicinity attended, as well
as a number from San Francisco.
The shipbuilding industry of the Pa-
cific Coast continues to occupy the cen-
ter of the stage of industrial activities.
An interesting new installation is that of
the Robertson Ship Building Company at
Benicia. This company bids fair to as-
sist in restoring Benicia to the industrial
map. The Benicia plant is constructing
wooden ships, there being a large de-
mand for this type at the present time.
Hanlon's shipyard in Oakland is also
turning out wooden ships, the yard hav-
ing recently been very much enlarged.
The California and Hawaiian Sugar Re-
fining Company, located at Crockett, has
announced its plans of practically doub-
ling the plant at that location. Mr. Geo.
M. Rolph, general manager of this con-
cern, it considered an authority on sugar
and its manufacture, and has recently
written a very interesting book on this
subject.
The New Almaden Company, Inc., has
been operating quicksilver mines in
Santa Clara County for a great many
years. Due to the present demand for
quicksilver and, further, to the fact that
quicksilver is produced in only a very
few places in the United States, the man-
agement of the New Almaden Company
has seen fit to greatly extend its opera-
tions. A 22,000-volt transmission line,
some six miles in length, has been built
by the mining company to ditferent
points on the property, so as to have
electric power to facilitate mining opera-
tions. The New Almaden Company is
probably the largest producer of quick-
silver in the world.
The Patterson Ranch Company, which
is developing a 20,000-acre tract of land
located on the west side of the San Joa-
quin River, in Stanislaus County, has up
to date sold approximately 12,000 acres,
and as a result the population of the
town of Patterson and vicinity has in-
creased from about twenty-five in 1909
to nearly three thousand at this time.
The grammar school in the town of Pat-
terson, which, by the way, is a thor-
oughly modern school building, is taking
care of 342 pupils, and the high school,
also a modern building, has 60 students.
The products of the Patterson colonies
are very diversified, the principal ones
being alfalfa and dairy products, grapes,
peaches and garden truck.
A very interesting and successful ex-
ample of conservation of water is being
worked out by the Patterson people. The
Del Puerte Creek passes through the
northern end of the Patterson Ranch,
and formerly flooded quite a large area
during the winter season. This creek
has been dammed up and the water,
through the flooded season, instead of
being allowed to cause damage is now
spread over a large area and used for
beneficial purposes. The particular ad-
vantage of this winter irrigation on al-
falfa is that it kills the gophers and
strengthens the alfalfa roots, insuring
abundant crops for the summer. About
two thousand acres of alfalfa were irri-
gated this season by this method at a
very low cost per acre.
374
Pacific Service Magazine
The Financial Side of 'Pacific Service
'>•)
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
Wl^ present below preliminary income account statement for the month of
February, 1917, and for the two months of the current fiscal year to February
28th; also Statement of Consumers by Departments at February 28th.
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Month of February
1917
1916
+IiiCTea8e
— Decrease
Gross Oporatinfi Revenue
% 1,625,814 21
$1,597,967.95
2,067.40
+$ 27,846 26
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly from
Panama-Pacitic International Exposition
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Operating E\pense~s and Taxes
— 2,067.40
$1,625,814.21 $1,600,035.35
778.748.77 670,757.93
202.724.99 203,832.51
19,000.00 i 19,000.00
+$ 25,778.86
+ 107.990.84
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation
Reserves for C-asualties and Uncollectible Accounts
— 1,107.52
Total Expenses and Reserves .
Net Operating Revenue
Non-Operating Revenue (Net)
$1,000,473.76 ; $ 893,590.44
625.340.45
20.848.01
Total Net Income .? 646,188.46 $ 736,765.29
r06.444.9l
30,320.38
Bond Interest
Hond Discount and Expense (apportionment)
330,913.42
15,406.09
321,287.58
14,431.59
Surplus $ 299,868.95 I $ 401,046.12
Di\ i<liTids on Preferred Stocks (accrued for one '
month) 1 23.007.72 1 10,667.65
+ $106,883.32
81,104.46
9,472.37
— $ 90,576.83
+ 9,625.84
+ 974.50
Balance
S 176,861.23
$ 290,378.47
—$101,177.17
+ 12,340.07
—$113,517.24
Pacific Service Magazine
375
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Two Months — January 1 to Ferruary 28
Gross Operating Revenue
Gross Operating Revenue derived directly from
Panama- Pacific International Exposition
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses and Taxes
Maintenance and Reserve for Depreciation
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible Accounts
$3,399,379.16
1,587,017.06
398,154.80
38,000.00
Total Expenses and Reserves $2,023,171.86
Net Operating Revenue 1,376,207.30
Non-Operating Revenue (Net) 56,377.70
Total Net Income
Bond Interest
Bond Discount and Expense (apportionment).
Surplus
Dividends (Accrued) on Preferred Stocks.
Balance
$1,432,585.00
652,470.84
29,839.94
750,274.22
246,252.66
$ 504,021.56
$3,362,748.84
1,414,830.80
395,644.65
38,000.00
U,848,475.45
1,514,273.39
117,540.01
,631,813.40
653,163.52
28,863.18
949,786.70
221,336.26
$ 728,450.44
+$ 36,630.32
+ 172,186.26
+ 2,510.15
+$174,696.42
— 138,066.09
— 61,162.31
—$199,228.40
— 692.68
+ 976.76
—$199,512.48
+ 24,916.40
-$224,428.88
Statement of Consumers by Departments at February !28th
February
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
28th
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
102,888
43,672
5,313
151,873
1908
123,435
55,588
5543
184,566
1909
131,267
63,196
5,769
200,232
1910
140,416
71,838
6,388
218,642
1911
154,303
88,575
6,927
4
249,809
1912
178.034
104,203
7.467
124
289,828
1913
195,605
117.661
7,352
225
320,843
1914
208.961
134.263
8,528
297
352,049
1915
222,036
152,247
9,043
353
383,679
1916
227,090
167.284
9.398
385
404.157
1917
233,736
180,626
9,845
407
424,614
Gain in 10 yeeu-s
130,848
136,954
4,532
407
272,741
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Pacific Service Magazine
WHAT THE FINANCIAL EDITOR OF "THE OUTLOOK" THINKS OF
OUR FIRST PREFERRED STOCK.
In the financial soclion of its issue of February 28, 1917, "The Outlook" of
New York publishes the following:
Q. I am planning to invest some money in some public utility slocks, and I find in
John Moody's "Investment Letter" of December 28 on "Peace Stocks and Bonds" the
inclosed list. Considering the question from the point of view of (1) safety, (2) chance of
appreciation, and (3) yield, which of these stocks would you advise? Are there any other
public utility stocks that are as good or better?
Any advice that you can give me would be very much appreciated.
List of public utility stocks as given in John Moody's "Investment Letter" of Decem-
ber 28, 1916:
Name
Dividend
Price
Yield
Rattno
American Gas and Electric preferred. . . .
American Light and Traction preferred. .
American Public Utilities preferred . . . . .
Commonwealth Pr. Ry. & Lt. preferred .
Northern States Power preferred
Pacific Gas and Electric preferred
Southern California Edison preferred.. . .
Standard Gas and Electric preferred . . . .
6
6
6
6
7
6
7
6
61
112^
73
84
lOOH
91H
107
42
5.88
5.32
8.21
7.14
6.96
6.56
6.54
7.14
Aa
AAa
B
Bb
B
A
Baa
B
A . These stocks undoubtedly possess attractive investment possibilities. If peace is
to be followed by a depression in American industrial conditions, we are of the opinion that
all of these companies will nevertheless continue to earn their preferred stock dividends by
a satisfactory margin.
In our judgment, the best of these stocks are American Gas and Electric preferred,
American Light and Traction preferred, and Pacific Gas and Electric preferred. This is
by no means a criticism of the others. We do not know of any other pubUc utility stocks
which we would prefer to recommend or which we might say "are as good or better."
Thousands of investors have reached the same conclusion with respect to Pacific
Gas and Electric Company First Preferred 6% stock. This is evidenced by the
fact that between June 3, 1914, when this stock was first offered, and March 18, 1917,
the Company has sold directly to investors $14,553,000 par value, leaving unsold
on the latter date only $447,000 of the authorized issue of $15,000,000. Of the total
amount sold $7,313,400, or more than fifty per cent, was substantially all purchased
by our customers and employees.
To date 98.5% of the Company's old issue of 6% Preferred Stock has been con-
verted into the new First Preferred Stock. The geographical distribution of pre-
ferred stock on February 28, 1917, including the small balance of old Preferred Stock
not yet exchanged, was as follows:
District
Number of
Holders
Par Value
OF Stock Owned
California
4,666
1,491
109
$16,954,100, or 69% of total
Elsewhere in United States
6,870,900, or 28% of total
908,700, or 3% of total
Foreign
Total
6,266
$24,733,700
Pacific Service Magazine
377
I The following tables give a comparison of the number of our stockholders (all
duplications due to the ownership of more than one class of stock by one person
having been eliminated) and the par value of all stock outstanding, both common
and preferred, just prior to the beginning of our stock selling-campaign and at the
close of business on February 28, 1917.
Number of
Stockholders (all Classes)
« - ..
JtrNE 3,
1914
February
28, 1917
Increase
Number Per Cent
California
1,115
1,385
398
4,852 1 3,737 335%
2,884 1 1,499 108%
302 —96 —24%
Other Sections of United States .
Foreign ....
Totals
2,898
8,038 5,140 177%
Par Value of Stock Owned (all Classes)
June 3,
1914
February
28, 1917
Increase
Amount Per Cent
California
$17,355,700
20,697,500
4,056,100
$28,111,015
27,172,222
3,496,401
$10,755,315 62%
6,474,722 31%
— 559,699 —14%
Other Sections of United States .
Foreign
Totals
$42,109,300
$58,779,638
$16,670,338 40%
The increase in the amount of outstanding stock in excess of the amount of new
First Preferred Stock issued, as shown in the foregoing table, was due to the issuance
of additional common stock in 1914 by way of a dividend.
The most gratifying feature of the situation is that the greatest increase, both
with respect to the number of stockholders and the amount of stock owned, has been
in Cahfornia, i. e. among people to whom the company is best known. It will be
observed that while on June 3, 1914, 39% of the total number of our stockholders
were residents of California, the proportion of local stockholders had risen to 60%
on February 28, 1917. During this period the total par value of stock owned locally
rose from 41% to 48%.
It is also worthy of note that while the par value of stock owned increased 40%,
the number of stockholders increased 177%, thus affording a rather striking illus-
tration of what has been accompHshed in the way of distributing the stock in small
amounts among a large number of investors.
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Pacific Service Magazine
pacific ^erbice iHlaga^ine
Pl'DLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editoh-in-Chief
FREDKRICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKKNBEAMER - - Business >Unager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription ?1.50
Single copy 15
Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII
MARCH, 1917
No. 10
EDITORIAL
There is prosperity ahead for the
gokien State of California, evidently, if
enormous expansion in the production
and use of electric power spells pros-
perity. The word has gone forth that
California is to take the lead over all
other states in this respect. To partic-
ularize:
By authoritv of the State Railroad
Commission at' least $20,000,000 is to be
expended in meeting the ever-growing
demand for power. Capital has been
authorized to the extent of $25,000,000,
and most of this will be expended on
new construction work and extensions.
The people are beginning to realize that
encouragement of private capital in
hydro-electric enterprise is the wisest
policy; that employment of engineering
corps, investments in property, con-
struction of dams, power-houses and
transmission lines and the employment
of labor at high rates of wages, all essen-
tial to hydro-electric power develop-
ment, mean not only big payrolls and
large purchases of eciuipment in the
present but, for all time to come, con-
tinual disbursements of large sums of
money. Come war or peace, come good
crops or bad, it is felt that California
will get the benefit of these expendi-
tures and will build up industries and
pile up wealth as never before. State
regulation of natural monopolies, involv-
ing wise and constructive regulation
that protects investments against rad-
icalism and destructive competition, will
help the good work along by firmly es-
tablishing public confidence in public
utility enterprise.
That in this work of industrial devel-
opment "Pacific Service" will be well
to the fore, readers of Pacific Service
Magazine have already been made aware.
Our companj' is following its usual pol-
icy of meeting the public needs half way.
In previous issues we have told of the
elevation of Spaulding Dam to a height
sufficient to provide the requisite addi-
tional water storage, of the completion
of a new plant to add to those that com-
prise our already comprehensive hydro-
electric system; and now in this number
we record the putting in operation of
yet another new addition to the string.
All this has involved the expenditure
of many dollars, and the end is not yet.
We may rest up a while, but we plan
to go yet farther into the field 6f power
development in the days that are to
come.
With the opening of the present month
there was issued from the President's
office the announcement that Mr. Henry
Bostwick had been promoted from the
position of Secretary to the President
to that of Assistant to the First Vice-
President.
The immediate result of this announce-
ment was a flood of congratulatory mes-
sages piled up on Mr. Bostwick's desk.
The recipient of this new dignity enjoys
the reputation of being affable as well
as alert, and always "on the job". He is
a native of San Francisco and entered
upon his public service career in the em-
ploy of the Western Union Telegraph
Company. His connection with "Pacific
Service" dates from April 1, 1904, when
Mr. John A. Britton, who at that time was
Vice-President and General Manager of
the California Gas and Electric Corpora-
tion, engaged him as his secretary. When
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
was organized, in 1905, Mr. Bostwick was
retained in his position and shortly
afterward received the title of Secretary
to the President. The practical experi-
ence he has received in all these years
has been of immense value to him, and
he has made many friends.
"Harry" Bostwick has many strings to
his bow. He helped to organize Pacific
Service Section of the National Electric
Light Association, and last year enjoyed
a trip East to attend the annual conven-
tion of the parent organization. He is
a member of the Executive Committee of
Pacific Service Magazine
379
the recently organized Pacific Coast Sec-
tion of the N. E. L. A. For some years
he has been secretary and treasurer of
the Pacific Coast Gas Association, and
as such has managed the annual con-
ventions of that body, kept record of its
affairs and brought out the various pub-
lications issued in its name. Then, he is
chairman of the Pacific Service Em-
ployees' Association, a society formed at
the beginning of this year for the purpose
of bringing all employees of "Pacific
Service", regardless of rank, into close
personal relationship for the general
good of the cause.
"Pacific Service" regrets the with-
drawal from its ranks of Mr. H. C.
Vcnsano, who has resigned his position
1 as Civil and Hydraulic Engineer to be-
' come associated with Messrs. John R.
and Edward G. Cahill in the general con-
I trading business.
Harry Vensano is a native of San
Francisco and a graduate of the State
University, class '03. Had he remained
with "Pacific Service" until May 1st he
■ would have been entitled to a ten-years'
service badge. During that period he
carried out some most important work,
notably in connection with our South
Yuba-Bear River Development. As a
member of the Cahill-Vensano Company
his activities will be mainly devoted to
hydro-electric construction work. "Pa-
cific Service" wishes him every possible
success in his new undertaking.
Service badges have been issued as of
January 1, 1917, to the following em-
iployees of "Pacific Service":
1 Thirty years' service: John M. Ful-
I weiler. Law Department.
I Twenty-eight years' service: Michael
Nugent, Gas Distribution Department,
^ San Francisco District.
Twenty-five years' service: L. T. Hat-
field, Law Department.
Twenty-three years' service: J. D.
McGoniglc, Bookkeeping Department, San
■ Francisco District.
Sixteen years' service: Geo. Sheppard,
Electra District.
Fourteen years' service : Richard Phe-
lan, San Francisco Supply District.
; Thirteen years' service: W. F. John-
■ son, Marysville District.
' Twelve years' service: H. Sherman-
tine, Alameda County District; G. H. Mid-
dlemiss, Sacramento District.
! Eleven years' service: E. G. Hum-
phreys, Sacramento District, Thos.
Byrnes, Bookkeeping Department, San
Francisco District; Otto Thews, Gas Man-
ufacturing Department, San Francisco
District.
Ten years' service: A. J. Battee, Stock
Transfer Department, Head Office; T. H.
Smith, Auditing Department, Head Office;
C. E. Young, O. and M. Department, Head
Office; E. W. D'Ombrain, H. H. Leonard,
Wm. Lucie, H. Dierks, S. Lucich, P. A.
Harris, F. C. Jacobs, F. E. Coffin, J. Mini-
kelle, A. C. Donaldson, G. W. Gilmour,
Mrs. M. M. Parsons, C. P. Simonton, A. E.
Hall, Alameda County District; Ethel
Florence, Chico District; C. B. Campbell,
Fred N. Holmes, De Sabla District; A. E.
Gilkey, Marysville District; A. R. Burris,
E. R. Engebritsen, H. T. Ford, W. E.
Greene, G. W. Holmes, Chas. B. McAl-
lister, C. H. Sagehorn, C. H. Schwan,
H. P. Seivers, H. M. Thayer, L. L. Ward,
H. E. Woodring, W. Wyllie, Sacramento
District; Thomas Twohig, Avery E. Hen-
derson, John Meyer, Henry Schroer, Mer-
vyn M. Joy, Wm. F. Itsell, Jas. Hayes,
San Francisco Supply District; Manuel
Henry Brown, Arthur S. Hawley, Martin
Quintan, A. E. Ruf, T. Thornhill, F. Tom-
kins, San Jose District; B. F. King, F. A.
Starmer, Solano District; August Silber-
stein, Yolo District; Jas. Feeney, A.
Gewirtz, J. M. Hyland, Bookkeeping De-
partment, San Francisco District; M. A.
Tobin, Garret Barry, David Basso, J. J.
Breslin, Walter Dickson, Thos. Godsil,
A. J. Johnson, Dan Quintan, Herbert
Richter, John Riordan, Jas. Savage, H.
Shaughnessy, Jerry Sheehan, Arthur Tar-
rant, Gas Distribution Department, San
Francisco District; Miss B. J. Dale, Man-
ager's Office, San Francisco District; G.
S. Brearty, H. E. Griffin, Auditing Depart-
ment, San Francisco District; Miss N.
Foppiano Addressograph Department,
San Francisco District; A. B. Maguire, A.
P. Merrick, Grover Tracy, Frank Talcott,
Contract Department, San Francisco Dis-
trict; H. E. Butler, K. Miller, Electric Dis-
tribution Department, San Francisco Dis-
trict; T. Barker, 0. Bloomfield, Jas Dixon,
W. J. Fitzgerald, A. Harris, L. B. Stein,
H. Towle, W. Vallette, Collection Depart-
ment, San Francisco District; Michael
Harrington, L. B. Jones, Chas. Kraut,
Thos. McHenry, F. Seiberlick, John Sul-
livan, Alf. N. Warburton, Gas Manufac-
turing Department, San Francisco Dis-
trict; Wm. R. Baker, Herman E. Kirsch,
Michael Manning, Jas. Powers, Wm.
Thompson, Electric Generating Depart-
ment, San Francisco District.
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Pacific Service Magazine
m
Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda County District
Fred George, our genial load dis-
patcher, was called upon to make an
oflicial trip to Lake Spaulding. He is
modest and can't enjoy himself without
others sharing his pleasure. He is the
little Blue Bird of "Pacific Service." So
he prevailed upon his admirers, A. Utility
Brandt and R. A. Tony Gentis, that they
needed a little layoff. It was hard per-
suasion upon Fred's part; he almost re-
peated his stereopticon lecture on Spauld-
ing, when inadvertently he inferred they
would be his guests and the two gra-
ciously accepted.
It was a week-end trip, which accounts
for the slipping off at night. The boys
allowed Fred to drive lest he forget he
was host. It was an aggregation of tal-
ent; all in one machine. The Lincoln
Highway was hard hit with gas wide
open. The trees and fences sailed by,
mingled with farm houses. An occasional
sleeping dog was disturbed, but by the
time he, the dog, reached the road, there
was nothing but dust and the essence of
gasoline. Soon the great lights of Sacra-
mento hove in sight. A. U. Brandt sug-
gested they tie up and say hello to Charlie
McKillip. Fred admonished that it was
past midnight; that Charlie was asleep,
perhaps. Then Fred hit up such speed
tliat A. U. and Tony forgot Charlie in
their efforts to hold on. Tony yelled to
shut off; they might be shot down as
escapes from Folsom. But A. U. Brandt
interposed the suggestion that a game
warden auto knows a little Blue Bird in
passage from a bad little Jail Bird. The
pace was kept up until finally the gray
dawn crept over the eastern sky among
the snow-clad peaks and the great dam
of Lake Spaulding came into view. It is
a wonderful siglit and a brilliant tribute
to engineering skill!
Jack Pape says that both George and
Gentis are fine fellows, but as a pair they
discount the Kalzenjammer Kids. More-
over, Pape says, the only way he can get
alicad of the pair is when he leads in
a grand march. The pair undertook to
show A. l\ the sights and tlie big-hearted
boys of the mountains, those fellows who
send us down Christmas trees for our
frolics, all stood in. They shut off the
water wheel and got A. U. down in the
pit for an "inspection tour." It was dark
and cold, but A. U. was there. Innocence
Abroad. The boys backed out and the
great inrush of water was thrown on.
There came a mighty rush of wind; it's
a harrowing experience. There comes a
time in one's life when eternity seems
upon you. No, A. U. wasn't scared, but
he didn't lose any time getting out. He
came up on high gear; that's why there
w^asn't any warmth in his face. Fred
passifyingly suggested that they go over
to the country boarding-house. This
sounded good to his guests, A. U. said he
wanted a fill of good, fresh, country eggs,
so he ordered a six-egg omelet. R. A.
remarked that back in Old Virginia where
he came from beans and bacon were not
a gentleman's dish, but that now times
have reversed. He ordered beans and
bacon. Fred, who knows how to play
safe, ordered a Campbell's Soup and soda
crackers. A. U., of course, didn't know,
as Fred did, that all eggs were imported
from cold storage plants of the cities
and that the orchestral music from the
graphophone in the corner was to give a
city touch to country style.
As the eggs, etc., came in, the music
was doing a bit of realism; it played a
farmyard melody of hens cackling and
pigs squealing. Hunger became impa-
tient. There was no time lost in plung-
ing into the savory dishes. Brandt re-
marked that the eggs were great; nothing
like the cook being the only middle man
between the hen and the consumer. Gen-
tis, fondly called Tony — he is from Vir-
ginia— got too busy to talk. Mr. Brandt
enjoyed the realistic eggs so much that
he called for lemon pie while the other
two ordered nut cake. The waitress went
out and remarked to the cook, "one lemon
and two nuts." The lemon pie came in,
two stories high, capped with white mer-
ingue, like the beautiful drifted snow,
picturesquely snuggling the Sierra peaks.
Mr. Brandt's eyes were opened when he
realized that the cooking art was so
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nobly inspired. The waitress announced
there were no repeats; the last piece. Mr.
Brandt refused to divvy. It was from sub-
lime to ridiculous to eat nut cake; just
mention lemon pie to Fred or Tony. They
were good onlookers; like the cat at the
cream, and now they teasingly hear:
Oh take me back to mountains high,
Where fill with snow the yearning
gorge,
For gorge and fill of Lemon Pie
And snowy cream, it's Great —
Tony!
By George!
I Yet people complain. The following
letter was received:
"Pac. Gas Co., Gentlemen: Your rep-
resentative out here has promised me on
various occasions to have the wires on
my house removed. It seems to me his
words and promises cannot be depended
upon, and I therefore request you to at-
tend to this matter as soon as possible."
This communication was referred to the
wire department, who reports: "Called
and saw this party today, who was under
the impression that wires were still at-
tached to her house. Assured her that
wires had been removed a month ago."
John A. Britton, Jr. gave a talk before
the Oakland Vocational High School, Feb-
ruary 21st, on the subject of "How Fuel
Gas Is Made." The student body repre-
sents about one hundred and seventy-five
students.
Gas has been the means of changing
a side street into an attractive, lighted
thoroughfare. On Seventeenth Street,
Oakland, off Telegraph Avenue, there was
a long one-story brick building which
had been used for a factory, but had been
vacant some years. Enterprise has con-
verted it into a dancing academy. A
maple floor was laid and the front was
divided off with Grecian columns and
pebble dashed with cement. Between
each column was hung a unique glass
lantern with a design of a dancing sil-
houette on the face of the glass. The lan-
tern has three sides, with the back open
and about a foot out from the face of the
building. In the lantern was placed a
30-radio gas arc; twelve in all. The
building is now attractive by day and a
flood of light at night. The interior is
also well lighted with similar units. It
is a splendid example of efficient maxi-
mum light at low cost. This installation
also shows that gas can more than com-
pete with other means of illumination.
Mr. G. I. Aiken was the illuminating
engineer.
The second annual Ad Masque held un-
der the auspices of the Advertising Bu-
reau of the Chamber of Commerce, Saint
Valentine's night, was a brilliant success.
The Oakland Auditorium was filled with
spectators who came to view the wonder-
ful array of stunts advertising Advertis-
ing. Over two hundred locally and na-
tionally advertised products were repre-
sented.
The Alameda District took an active
part in the success of the affair. Mr. H. E.
Sandoval represented the company with
the production of unique illuminating
effects. The exterior of the Auditorium
was flood-lighted for one week prior to
the event. Thirty projectors were used
in all, six installed in bank on five trolley
poles along the street. The building,
which is constructed of white granite
and about three hundred feet from the
source of light, stood out like a jewel at
night. To provide special illumination
for the interior six giant searchlights,
such as were used at the Exposition, were
installed in the balconies. Color screens
provided all colors of the rainbow for
the spectacular pageant which wound its
way over the big arena beloAv.
In the pageant, Mr. Frank Vierra and
H. J. Wagner represented the company
as the Bear Valley boys. Wagner was
made up as a bear labeled "Direct From
Bear Valley," and carried a banner,
"Pacific Service, Made in California, by
and for California People." Vierra was
his keeper. Mrs. A. G. Lewis represented
the Carbon Fuel Department. Miss Flor-
ence Chalgren played the part of the mys-
terious "Miss Pacific Service."
"Noo, friends, be carefu' what ye say
"And dinna speak aboot yer neibors;
"For they are just as good as you
"And you are not their keepers.
"Their faults are many, so are yours,
"There's none of us examples;
"For we are not so very good
"That we would do for samples."
Original lines from Mr. Robert Rob-
ertson's address before Employees Pacific
Service Association meeting at Oakland,
February 3, 1917.
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FRKl) K. COFFIN
On February 23d last, Mr. Fred
K. Coflin, gas inspector of Berke-
ley District, passed away at San-
derson's Sanitarium, Berkeley,
after a three months' sickness.
Death was caused by heart dis-
ease.
Fred Coflin was born March 2,
1864, in San Francisco. At an
early age he started to work for
the San Francisco Gas Company,
and after gaining much experi-
ence he moved to the Middle
States, where he worked for
many years, always in the gas in-
dustry. At the outbreak of the
Spanish-American War, in 1898,
he returned to California and en-
listed with the First California
Regiment and saw service in the
Philippines. So he was both a
Native Son and a Spanish War
veteran. In March, 1907, he re-
entered "Pacific Service" as meter
man in the Gas Meter Depart-
ment, Oakland District. Later he
was promoted to position of in-
spector of Berkeley District, a
position he held until his death.
He was beloved by his fellow
c'liiployecs and many outside
friends. His genial disposition,
sterling character and sincerity
toward both employer and em-
ployees made him a general fa-
vorite, so that he has left none
but pleasant memories behind
him. He is survived by his
widow and two sons, Edward
and Beveridge Coflin.
Marysville District
Marysville is in the grip of an enor-
mous building boom, which means pros-
perity to all her citizens. This prosperity
is shown by tlie report of building per-
mits issued from Marcii 1, 1916, to date,
which was made public this month by
Henrv Neibling, city ck-ik. During that
period the permits totaled $107,465, or an
increase of $73,445 over the period of
March 1, 1915, to March 1, 1916.
The two largest permits issued during
the year were for the building of the
Gern Apartments and the new Marysville
grammar school, which totaled $20,000
each. From present indications the rec-
ord established during the year just
closed will be broken during the next
twelve months. Several buildings, apart-
ments and warehouses will be erected in
that time and extensive improvements
totaling thousands of dollars are contem-
plated.
Thirteen more blocks of streets will be
brought up for improvement at the city
council meeting to be held during the
month. When the streets now being im-
proved and those to be improved are
completed, there will be seventy-one and
a half blocks of paved streets in Marys-
ville, says City Clerk Neibling.
Mrs. Phoebe Hideout took the first step
toward the building of the new $40,000
hospital to be erected on the present site
of the Rideout Hospital when she filed a
friendly suit in the Superior Court against
the Rideout Memorial Hospital Associa-
tion to have full title to the property re-
vested in her. The complaint explains
t^iat the purpose of the suit is to permit
Mrs. Rideout to secure title to the prop-
erty so she can erect a new hospital on
the ground.
Fifty-four beautiful shade and orna-
mental trees have been planted in Marys-
ville during the last few weeks by the
tree-planting committee of the Marysville
Women's Improvement Club, of which
Mrs. Mary Flannery is chairman. The
report of the committee was received
with enthusiasm at the recent meeting of
the club in the Packard Library. The re-
port showed that of the fifty-four trees
planted, twenty were Oriental planes.
There were three of the very rare Ginko
species, known sometimes as the "Maiden-
hair tree." This tree, once plentiful, is
almost extinct except where cultivated.
It has been preserved in China and Japan
from past ages and there are many of
these trees about Chinese and Japanese
temples. The Ginko will thrive in this
climate.
Other trees planted were the maple, eu-
calyptus, Arizona cypress, ash, six vari-
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eties of acacia, ironwood, four tulip
trees, liquid amber, four varieties of oak,
Huntington elm, two royal walnuts. The
cost of the trees and planting them
amounted to $89. Trees were planted
along Ellis Lake and in other parts of the
city. The Improvement Club voted to as-
sist the city council in improving Ellis
Lake, and the tree-planting committee
will continue its work as rapidly as
finances permit.
During 1915, when peaches brought $8
a ton, 9796 tons were shipped out of Sut-
ter County. Many tons were allowed to
rot in the orchards.
A contract has been let by the Yuba
Consolidated Gold Fields Company to the
Yuba Manufacturing Company of Marys-
ville for the construction of what will be
the largest placer gold dredge in the
world. It will be known as Yuba No. 17,
and will be larger than No. 16, which will
be ready for operation by March 10th.
Yuba No. 16 w-as built at a cost of $500,-
000. Yuba No. 17 will cost many thou-
sands of dollars more, perhaps nearly
$600,000. Actual w^ork has begun on No.
17. It will be many months, however,
before it is completed. The machinery
for No. 16 is practically on the hull and
the engineers are at work assembling the
machinery. It will be ready by March
10th, it was announced recently.
Sutter County peach growers, who re-
cently contracted to sell their entire
peach crop of 1917 for $25 a ton, are
"kicking themselves," while those who
held out for better prices and got from
$35 to $42.50 and, in some instances, even
more per ton, are mighty well pleased
with themselves. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars of outside money will pour into
the coffers of Sutter farmers this year.
Even should the peach crop be an aver-
age, or below an average yield this year,
enough peaches will be raised to make
the returns go into the hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars.
According to figures compiled by H. P.
Stabler, county horticultural commis-
sioner, last year's peach crop was 10,257
tons. This year there are thousands
more trees in bearing than last year, and
it is almost safe to figure that Sutter
County will produce from 12,000 to 15,-
000 tons of peaches this year. And, if
conditions are favorable, almost double
this amount is possible. Stabler declares
that there are at least 5000 acres planted
ta peaches and it is possible to raise from
25,000 to 30,000 tons a year.
Supervisors G. H. Trevathan, A. E.
Schellenger and F. H. Graves were named
as a committee to meet with representa-
tives of the legislature from Sutter County
and representatives of Yuba, Colusa and
Nevada counties for the purpose of fram-
ing a bill for the construction of a high-
way lateral from Nevada City to Colusa.
In a communication from D. D. Green,
secretary of the Sutter County Chamber
of Commerce, the supervisors were in-
formed that the State Highway Commis-
sion had notified the chamber that no
part of the $15,000,000 voted for good
roads last November could be used for
construction of the lateral. For this rea-
son the Sutter chamber requested the su-
pervisors to have representatives meet
with legislative and county representa-
tives for the purpose of framing a bill to
be presented to the legislature for the
appropriation of money to build the
highway.
Chester Cole of Chico was appointed
as architect for the new Sutter County
hospital by the board of supervisors.
Chairman Gray w^as instructed to enter
into a contract with Cole covering the
terms of employment. The board has
decided to make the building a one-story
structure, but the type of building has
not been determined upon. Bids wall be
asked for four different types of build-
ing, including metal lath, concrete and
brick.
Sutter County has been asked to par-
ticipate in the Raisin Day parade at
Fresno on April 30th. At the last meet-
ing of the Sutter County Chamber of Com-
merce Harry Piper, manager of the Cured
Fruit and Raisin Association, was present
and urged the county to enter a float in
the parade, especially as this county is
the home of the famous Thompson seed-
less grapes. The chamber of commerce
took the matter under advisement until
the next meeting, when they will decide
whether or not Sutter County will be
represented.
Comparative figures on the cost of
county government in California given in
the State Tax Commission's report dis-
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close some mighty interesting informa-
tion for Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer. These
figures show the percapita cost in each
county, based on the general and special
tax levies for 1916, and the population in
that year. In its division as a county of
between 10,000 and 20,000 population,
Yuba County's tax rate is not the highest.
Neither is it the lowest. The tax rate in
Yuba is $17.20 for each man, woman and
child in the county. The per capita of
Sutter County, which is classified with
the counties of between 5000 and 10,000,
is $25.86 for each man, woman and child.
The late rain storm has been of ines-
timable benefit to the farmers of Yuba
and Sutter counties and will ensure a
prosperous season. The sign "Pacific
Service" shines brightly over the land,
with light and power for the needy.
J. E. POINGDESTRE.
Fresno District
There has been recently quite a little
activitv among the employees in bowling.
The office force recently challenged the
outside men in a tournament and won by
91 pins, R. W. Adler making high score
and high average.
A series of three games were played
with the Fassett Lumber Company, the
company losing by 40 points. Frank
Alstrom holds the high score for the
company team.
The following note from the Fresno
Republican of recent date refers to Miss
Hazel Strickenburg, saleswoman in the
New Business Department of the Fresno
office :
"Mrs. H. P. Peterson was the hostess at
a delightful little afternoon affair on
Thursdav, complimenting Miss Hazel
Strickenburg, whose marriage to Will
Hansen will be celebrated this spring.
The afternoon was spent in hemming
tea towels, and a kitchen shower was a
feature of the later afternoon.
"Violets and snowdrops were prettily
combined in place favors at the tea table,
where refreshments were served late in
the afternoon."
We have liad approved a G. M. amount-
ing to $58,250 for the installation of a
12-foot Jones Improved Oil-Gas Set. This
was necessitated by our rapidly ap-
proaching the maximum capacity of the
sets already installed. The work involves
a rearrangement generally at the works.
It has already been started, and our labo-
ratory and office are already going into
the temporary headquarters in the old
works building.
The primary and secondary of the new
Jones Set will occupy the space now
taken by our office and garage, where the
electric trucks are charged. The new
buildings will be of the standard archi-
tectural scheme the company has adopted
and will go a long way to beautifying the
present works. We have some hopes of
completing the installation before the
heavy load hits us next winter.
Another G. M. has been approved,
amounting to $6354, for the purchase of
five gas trucks, which will replace the
present equipment of two Fords, utility
trucks, two Waverly 1-ton electrics and
one general vehicle ll^-ton electric. We
are using Studebaker 1000-pound com-
mercial chassis on which bodies will be
built for utility cars. We are also getting
a l^/^-ton Federal equipped for handling
the delivery of material and supplies.
The recent heavy rains have brought
cheer all around and everyone is looking
forward to even a bigger year than we
had in 1916. There is a very great deal
of activity in building and we are quite
sure that we are going to put a great
many gas-heating systems in residences
and buildings going up this summer.
M. L. Neely.
A boost for "Pacific Service" and its
Fresno district manager:
701 Cameron Ave., Fresno, Cal.
Mr. M. L. Neely,
Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
My Dear Mr. Neely — Your communi-
cation of February 26th has been for-
warded to Mr. Roberts, and I wish to
register my appreciation of this latest
evidence of your good service. It makes
me love to burn gas (almost) as a slight
return to the company which takes such
good care of its patrons.
Very truly,
(Signed) Mrs. R. M. Roberts.
February 27, 1917.
The Fresno Herald prints the follow-
ing:
GAS COMPANY OFFERS FINE PRIZE
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
today added another highly valuable
prize to the big list of trophies to be
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competed for in the Household Aids De-
partment's baking contests. These baking
contests promise to be the outstanding
feature of the Pure Food and Household
Show to be given by the Retail Grocers'
Association at the Auditorium March 21st
to 31st. The prize offered by the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company is a high-grade
double coil water heater. Particulars of
this generous offer appear on another
page of today's Herald.
San Jose District
"Amidst the clanking of great exhaust-
ers and compressors and the python-like
convolutions of the portentous boosting
machinery, Rotarians and a number of
distinguished guests sat at table in the
spacious exhaust chamber of the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company works here
yesterday noon — a unique gathering in
which Rotarian goodfellowship blended
with the corporation's habitual urbanity
to make a novel and pleasurable event.
Neither did the proximity of forbidding
machinery and processes of doubtful fra-
grance diminish enjoyment of the com-
pany's liberal and well-appointed board.
"President John D. Kuster welcomed
the one hundred or so guests of the com-
pany— for the Rotary meeting was, on the
invitation of the company, held at the
works that they might hear General Man-
ager John A. Rritton from San Francisco,
Chief Engineer E. C. Jones and others
talk of gas and the new Jones generator
(invented by the chief engineer and his
son, Leon) recently installed at consid-
erable expense at the works, and after-
ward inspect the plant in charge of Van
E. Britton (son of the manager) who su-
perintended the construction. Others
present included Thomas H. Reed, city
manager; T. S. Montgomery, president of
the Growers' organization; J. A. Britton,
Jr., engineer in charge at the Oakland
works; Leon B. Jones, Frank A. Leach,
Jr., manager of the Alameda district;
Judge S. F. Leib, Joseph R. Ryland and
Henry M. Ayer, president of the board of
supervisors.
GAS GAINS IN PRESTIGE
"With his back to the great booster
tourniquets and with clanking of ex-
hausters temporarily silenced, Mr. Brit-
ton talked of gas, as affectionately as he
might have told tlie virtues of a pet dog,
and by the time he finished the audience
had realized that the despised, evil-smell-
ing element, with its hideous generators,
tanks and gasometers was the most highly
respectable and serviceable product and
far more desirable than its attractive sis-
ter, electricity.
MANAGER BRITTON COMPARES METHODS
" 'One instinctively thinks of melting
snows, rushing torrents, enormous reser-
voirs, perhaps a Niagara, and then the
production of the marvelous unseen en-
ergy,' said Mr. Britton continuing on
electricity; 'but for all its spectacular
attractiveness,' he said, 'gas is the more
economical. It is the oldest utility in the
world — a century old; in 1804 London
bridge was illuminated with it for the
first time, though it was 1870 before the
illuminant was raised to universal em-
ployment. Then when electricity came
in, around 1884, gas, helped by the Wels-
bach inventions, still held its own, and
today the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany derives 43 per cent of its income
from its gas department.'
"Coming to oil gas, invented in the East
though quickly adopted almost exclu-
sively by this State, Mr. Britton said it
was an economic necessity in these parts,
and for its production no greater prog-
ress has been made than the new Jones
generators, operating only in San Fran-
cisco, Oakland and San Jose, which will
extract 1000 feet of gas from seven and
a half gallons as opposed to twelve gal-
lons in the old sets.
OUTPUT DOUBLED IN TEN YEARS
"After introducing Robert H. Har-
greaves, superintendent of the local works
(worth his weight in diamonds or pota-
toes) E. H. Martin, in charge of the con-
struction, and C. B. Johnson, assistant
superintendent. President Kuster invited
Mr. Jones, Sr., inventor of the generators,
to tell how in spite of electric competi-
tion, gas was doubling its output every
ten years, and since 1906, helped by the
Edison incandescent lamp, has more than
doubled. He assured everyone that gas
was only on the threshold of its full em-
ployment, even Europe was taking it up
more than ever. And he did not fail to
add that the greatest asset for the com-
pany's works was the fine personnel — a
Stradivarius he said — by way of appro-
priate example — was no good without
some Wilhelmy or Elman to play it, and
from Manager John D. Kuster downwards
Mr. Jones had nothing but praise.
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"Short talks were also made by City
Manager Thoinas H. Reed, Van E Britton
and Leon B. Jones, after which all the
Kiiests were shown the washing ma-
chinery and initiated into all the mys-
teries of the new Jones generators with
their elaborate polished controls and
dials and gauges, the easy flowing residue
from the new generators and the treacly
stuff crawling out of the old and so forth.
"Those present were: John D. Kuster,
Joseph B. Ryland, Judge S. F. Leib,
Thomas H. Reed, T. S. Montgomery, E. C.
Jones, John A. Britton, Van E. Britton,
Alex Sheriffs, John J, Miller, J. A. Britton,
Jr.. L. B. Jones, F. H. Howorth, Robert H.
Hargreaves, G. L. Parkinson, W. C. Lean,
L. Campiglia, George A. Rucker, George
B. Deter, Dr. James W. Kramer, F. J.
McHcnry, F. A. Leach, Jr., F. G. Maynard,
William Biebrach, George W. Pollard,
Victor Challen, Judge W. A. Beasly, G. E.
Marshall, A. F. Brosius, Henry Wendt, J.
J. McLaurin, A. M. Free, A. G. Ramstad,
A. E. Holmes, W. M. Sontheimer, Heine
Hirsch, Elmer E. Chase, H. S. Kittridge,
A. G. Du Brutz, Charles M. O'Brien, R. E.
Henkle, Frank L. Hoyt, Dr. W. A. Gaston,
Charles S. McKenzie, C. M. Smith, S. E.
Johnson, R. F. Benson, Charles R. Parkin-
son, Henry Hoff, W. P. Lvon, S. H. Wal-
lace, W. D. Wall, J. M. Parker, J. Q. Pat-
ton, A. L. Brassy, W. S. Clayton, John
Brooke, W'. L. Atkinson, Jay McCabe, F.
E. Chapin, Dr. D. A. Beattie, A. A. Halsey,
H. M. Aver, R. R. Rugg, Irving L. Rvder,
A. L. Hubbard, Howell D. Melvin, L S.
W'illiams, J. B. Leaman, F. L. Baker, Wal-
ter Lillick, B. Sletterdahl, C. B. Johnson,
E. H. Martin, James Beatty, T. C. Lundin,
E. O. Webb, Jr., W^olter L.'Chrisman, T. J.
Delmas, W. Trinkler, Joseph T. Brooks,
W. L. Prussia, F^rank J. Somers, Warren
D. Allen and Ernest P. Lion." — San Jose
(Cal.) Mercury-Herald, March 8, 1917.
Solano District
Solano District now boasts of three
members of the ancient and honorable
company of ten-year service men on its
roster of employees — C. E. W^vatt, local
agent at Winters, being a charter mem-
ber since the inception of the service
plan last year, while B. F. King, general
utility man at Dixon, and F. A. Starmer,
local agent at Suisun, attained their ma-
jority with the advent of the present
year.
Messrs, Wyatt and King are heirlooms
of the old Lehe regime in this territory
before the birth of "Pacific Service,"
while Starmer served his apprenticeship
with the old Standard Electric Company
at San Jose, but has been within the con-
fines of the present Solano District for
the past five or six years. All three men
have been duly presented with badges of
which they are justly proud and all have
hopes of the further adornment of same
with the passing of years.
In spite of a drizzling rain which en-
deavored to dampen their ardor and
which failed signally, a large and enthus-
iastic crowd of "Pacific Service" mem-
bers and friends, armed with shotguns,
tin cans, horns and other noise-produc-
ing implements, not forgetting bonfire
material, invaded the quiet Mayes Addi-
tion on the outskirts of Dixon and ad-
vanced upon the home of W. S. Cluff, ac-
countant of Solano District, and newly-
wed, on the night of February 13th, and
these proceeded to make the night hid-
eous with all the noise of a good old-
fashioned "charivari." After a short in-
terval the young couple appeared and Mr.
Cluff was prevailed upon to render a
short speech with his front porch as a
rostrum. The invading force then took
the offensive, bodily captured the bene-
dict and to the tune of "Marching
Through Georgia," escorted him to town
where refreshments were served at his
expense.
Apropos of Cluff's recent entry into the
"state of double-cussedness," the Dixon
office force was recently surprised by his
appearance at the office equipped with a
regidar old German "bullet-head" hair-
cut. Just what connection this may have
with the above-mentioned state has not
as j^et been determined, and in the ab-
sence of "inside info," at present we are
divided by our hopes for the worst and
fears for the best.
F. L. Mix.
Nevada District
GREAT QUANTITY OF SOLID SNOW IS
STORED IN SIERRAS.
Ed. G. Wilcoxon, one of the operators
at the Deer Creek powerhouse, who was
in town yesterday, states that the big ten-
day storm that raged from the 16th
until the 26111 of last month was the
severest that has been recorded in that
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vicinity for many years. During the ten
days the rain gauge showed a precipita-
tion of twenty inches, which is the great-
est for a single storm since March, 1907.
In the month of March, 1907, in a
period of ten days, from the 16th to the
26th, 28.82 inches of rainfall was meas-
ured, which is believed to be a record.
During last month's storm five and a half
feet of snow fell, which is now reduced
to 28 inches of almost solid ice. Within
three miles of this city, on the road to
the Deer Creek powerhouse, there is
nearly three feet of snow.
The prospects for plenty of water this
year are auspicious in the watersheds of
the high Sierras. W. E. Meservey, who
has charge of the canal system of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, says
that there is plenty of solidly-packed
snow in the high mountains. — Grass Val-
ley (Cal.) Union, March 10, 1917.
*♦*
San Joaquin District
In the San Joaquin District of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company the
following improvements are now in prog-
ress:
First— The laying of 2160 feet of 12-
inch C. I. Waaler pipe on North Monroe
Street from Pumping Station No. 2 at
Poplar Street to North Street.
Second— The laying of 1400 feet of 8-
inch C. I. water pipe on South California
Street from Third to Seventh Street.
Third— The laying of 970 feet of 6-inch
C. I. water pipe on Third Street from
California Street to Stanislaus Street.
Fourth — One new 16-inch well at
Pumping Station No. 1.
The four above items involve an ex-
penditure of $11,000.
In the business portion of town there
are many fine new brick buildings and
much renovation of old ones. Among
the new ones are a 10-story bank building
and a new theatre with a seating capacity
of 1600 people. The Holt Manufacturing
Company is making extensive additions
to its building and plant, having ac-
quired increased area, and it now covers
eight city blocks. They are building an
immense foundry and are also leasing
the Angel Iron Works, an extensive prop-
erty on Stockton Channel. The plant is
in operation night and day, employing
1500 men. The Sperry Flour Mills are
also running on 24-hour capacity and em-
ploying 400 men.
Stockton population is now 35,000, and
this section of the State is evidently en-
tering a prosperous era. The harvest
vield of San Joaquin County for the year
1916 was $17,000,000.
J. W^ Hall.
Sacramento District
Of interest to the Electric Department
of "Pacific Service," as well as to the
people of Sacramento, is the opening last
month of "Goddard's J Street Theatre,"
Sacramento's newest and largest "movie."
This picture playhouse represents the
latest in this most popular mode of en-
tertainment, and becomes the dignity of
a city of this size.
The heating and ventilating system is
constantly renewing the atmosphere in
the theatre with "washed air," either hot
or cold, as the season may demand. The
operating room, in which are located
four automatically fed picture machines,
is entirely fireproof and is especially
constructed with a view to provide ab-
solute safety. There is a lounging room
for the comfort of lady patrons, where
tea is served free of charge, and nooks
have been provided in w^hich babies may
be left in their buggies. Sanitary drink-
ing fountains are located on every floor,
and a new Wurlitzer-Hope-Jones unit or-
chestral organ, hand played, costing $25,-
000, makes up the musical equipment.
W^hile it cost fully $50,000 to reconstruct
the original building to meet the require-
ments of the theatre, with a seating ca-
pacity of 1600, the balance of the equip-
ment makes an expenditure of over $100,-
000 in this enterprise.
The opening was a gala one, occasion-
ing an automobile parade and a carni-
valistic crowd in general. A number of
representative citizens made addresses,
among them Governor Johnson, who
spoke in complimentary terms of the un-
dertaking. As indicated in the beginning,
"Pacific Service" supplies the "juice."
Approximately one thousand people,
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce and through the courtesy of
the Southern Pacific Company, visited
the local shops of that company, Friday,
March 9th. The object of the excursion
was to show the people the extent of the
work that is carried on here, and in that
respect the trip was certainly of much
educational value. But few people have
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the least idea of the magnitude of this
railroad plant, and the visitors were
greatly impressed with the activities.
The company's oiricials mingled among
the visitors explaining the different
phases of the work carried on, from the
making of a bolt to the lifting of a huge
locomotive, with a 120-ton crane electric
driven, and quickly transporting it from
one end of the long shop to the other as
though it weighed but a few pounds. The
trip took the visitors through all mechan-
ical departments of the company.
The University of California is con-
ducting an extension course in elemen-
tary electricity in Sacramento, and
"Pacific Service" has donated the use of
the top floor of its ofTice building at
Eleventh and K streets for the purpose.
The course will last fifteen weeks and
about forty members have been enrolled.
When one recalls the severity of the
recent storm, so long awaited by the agri-
cultural interests, it is indeed gratifying
to those immediately concerned, as well
as complimentary to "Pacific Service"
generally, to realize, after the storm has
spent itself, that we have had no trouble
at all; not a single interruption, hardly
the usual number of complaints that
maintain in normal times. Such was the
experience in this district, to the glory of
"Pacific Service."
Iconoclast — I have a most wonderful
car. It has cost me only $240 to operate
during the last six years and I have trav-
eled over 40,000 miles. Just think, less
than $4 per month, and during that time
it has not cost me a single cent for re-
pairs, maintenance, depreciation, etc.
Some car!
Mr. Automobile Enthusiast — What kind
of a car do you ride in?
Iconoclast — A Sacramento street car.
Redwood District
The ladies of the Redwood District en-
tertained the men employees at a masked
ball on Saturday evening, February 17th.
There were one hundred people present
and all were in costume. Prizes were
awarded and were won by W. Y. Flem-
ing, (las Department, for the most orig-
inal man's costume (silk hose) ; T. W.
Snell, assistant Electric Superintendent,
for the best sustained character (silk
hose) ; and by Mrs. A. J. Schmitt, wife of
the automobile man, for the most original
lady's costume (box of candy) ; and Mrs.
Frank Paul, for the best sustained char-
acter (hand painted picture by Mrs.
Schmitt).
Dancing was enjoyed until 12 o'clock,
when the ladies served a cafeteria lunch.
At 12:30 Announcer J. E. Wolley stated
there would be a prize waltz for a
cake donated by Mrs. W. T. Kellogg.
When the music started everybody was
on the floor, but at the end only three
couples were left, namely: Mr. P. F.
Goncalves and Mrs. W. T. Kellogg, Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Hamilton and Mr. E. W.
Florence, and Miss A. H. Haaker. The
cake was finally given to Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton. The judges at first decided
they would cut the cake in three pieces,
but, on second thought, they said Mrs.
Kellogg would not eat her own cake and
if they gave it to the boss everybody
would think it was a frameup, so they
gave it to the Hamiltons.
After the prize waltz Mr. J. H. Watson,
the popular agent of the San Mateo office,
sang two solos which were well rendered
and appreciated by all. Mr. Watson was
followed by Mrs. E. W. Florence, who
sang two solos in a very pleasing manner.
Little Miss Easier, daughter of H. E. Eas-
ier, gas fitter, danced a very difficult toe
dance. Miss Easier is a pupil of Madame
Morosini.
At 1 :58 the lights were put out and the
mantle of night was thrown around one
of the best entertainments ever given in
the district. The ladies certainly deserve
a great deal of praise for the manner in
which they staged their entertainment.
The new 60-k. v. substation at South
San Francisco was put in commission the
second week in February. This substa-
tion supplies the manufacturing plants at
South San Francisco.
Redwood District has just finished a
4-inch welded and wrapped gas line from
Redwood to Palo Alto, a distance of five
miles. As gas is sold wholesale to the
Palo Alto Gas Company, it was necessary
to measure the gas by meter, so a Thomas
meter was installed on this line.
A G. M. of $78,000 has just been ap-
proved covering the laying of an 8-inch
welded wrapped gas line from Eaden
Crossing to San Mateo, to be installed on
account of the increased business on the
Peninsula.
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389
A G. M. has also been approved for
$13,000 to rebuild the lines also in San
Mateo and Burlingame on account of the
rapid increase in business in this terri-
tory. E. W. Florence.
Vallejo District
The following estimates have been ap-
proved for this district:
Estimate G 7468 — For the installation
of an oil scrubber between the station
meter and storage holder for elimination
of oxide dust and other impurities.
Estimate G7442 — Replacing 2-inch high
pressure main in the gas works from com-
pressors to compressor tank with 3-inch.
Estimate MRG2170 — For the renewing
of 20-inch branch and dip pipe in wash
box of generator No. 1.
Estimate G 12434 — For the extension of
2-inch high pressure main for one block
and cutting it into 4-inch low pressure
main with a district regulator for better
pressure.
A large amount of money is to be ex-
pended this year, the same as the last
three years, on account of street work in
different parts of the town. One con-
tractor alone at the present time having
fifty blocks of street work in the different
parts of town to do. A. J. Stephens.
San Francisco District
Work is being rushed on the installa-
tion of the underground conductors to
supply a complete new lighting system
for the drives in Golden Gate Park. The
lighting unit will be one of the latest
600-c. p. gas-filled Mazda lamps with bowl
refractor, w^hich system has been found
to give the most satisfactory distribution
of light for street illumination. This
lighting unit will be installed on the top
of a 25-foot pole. At the base it is pro-
posed to plant vines which will be
trained part w^ay up the pole. In con-
nection with the undergrounding of the
conductors this fixture is ideally chosen
to fit in with the shrubbery bordering the
drives in the park. The first of the eight
circuits will be in operation by the first
of April, 1917.
This company is removing its poles on
a number of streets in the city in accord-
ance with the Joint-Pole Agreement. This
is particularly noticeable on Clement,
Castro, McAllister, Hayes and Second
streets, our wires on these streets being
transferred to positions on poles installed
by other companies who have granted us
joint ownership in the same.
An increase in the load of the floating
drydock at the Union Iron Works neces-
sitates additional transformer capacity
amounting to 500-k. w. In looking into
the matter of securing transformers Mr.
A. R. Thompson and Mr. A. J. Theis
found it necessary to visit the Union Iron
Works plant in Alameda. The trip over
was made on one of the roughest days on
the bay in the high-powered Union Iron
Works' launch which has a record of
crossing the bay from the Potrero plant
to the Alameda plant in nineteen minutes.
No detail report of the experience on the
trip has been given out, but the constant
training in "Safety First" apparently had
its effect, as the return journey was made
on one of the large new^ Southern Pacific
Company's boats.
The underground installation on the
Embarcadero has been completed and the
poles and ^vires are being removed. Be-
fore this copy of the Magazine reaches
subscribers there will be no overhead
lines on the water front from the Chan-
nel to Fisherman's Wharf at the foot of
Tavlor Street.
the installation of two 150-k.w., 11,-
000-volt transformers is completed for
supplying two electric furnaces at the
Pacific Foundry Company, Eighteenth
and Harrison streets. In this furnace by
means of two-phase electric current it
will be possible to change a low grade
steel to a higher grade. Arrangements
are made in the transformers to supply
the furnace with either 80, 100 or 160
volts, the different voltages being re-
quired for different quality of material.
Each furnace will be able to produce 750
pounds of high-grade steel per hour.
C. A. Gaines,
C. B. Merrick,
P. J. Freygang.
Mr. W. W. Scherer, of the Laboratory
Department, was joined in w'edlock to
Miss Olga Jeschien, of Alameda, on the
evening of January 24th. The young
couple journeyed to Truckee and spent
their honeymoon enjoying the many win-
ter sports offered at that place.
Mr. Scherer tendered his resignation
March 1st, to become interested in a
newdy organized electrical appliance con-
cern of Oakland. He has been in the em-
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ploy of the company, intermittently, for
seven years, during which time he has
made many friends, and we all extend to
liim our heartiest wishes for a brilliant
success in his new enterprise.
i)n ilpmnrtam
.1. (>. T>VKK1>
J. (). Tweed, an arc lamp trim-
mer for "Pacific Service" in San
I'rancisco,was accidentally killed
by a fall from a pole on Monday
evening, February 26, 1917. He
hurried from the office at 5.00
p. m. on the afternoon of his
death, with the remark that he
must replace the inner globe on
a certain arc. lamp before the cir-
cuit came on. For some reason
he stopped at his hotel until 7.00
p. m., and then attempted to re-
place the globe upon the live cir-
cuit. In so doing he received a
shock sufficient to cause him to
lose his balance, the fall result-
ing in instantaneous death. There
were no eye witnesses of the ac-
cident, as he was working alone.
His many friends and acquaint-
ances have shown the sincerity
of their regret at his death, but
none have mourned as truly as
"Brownie," the bull terrier, who
so faithfully made the rounds
with his master. When Tweed
fell fo the ground, the dog affec-
tionately licked his hands and
tiied his sturdiest to revive his
companion. When the ambu-
lance took the body away. Brow-
nie attempted to go along, fight-
ing desperately to obtain a place
beside his master. Refused this
privilege the dog remained at the
base of the pole and barked at
Tweed's hat as it swung from a
I)ole step in the wind. Then he
sat down and howled for his
master to come back to him, and
not until another trimmer came
and led him away did he leave
tlie spot, and in spite of loving
friends who are caring for him.
Brownie continues to mourn for
his comrade.
Some Records For Tires
The San Francisco District garage pre-
sents the following figures .showing tire
average for a period of three months:
First month: tires junked, 34; average
mileage obtained, 6400. Second month:
tires junked, 28; average mileage ob-
tained, 5093. Third month: tires junked,
36; average mileage obtained, 6011.
"Thirteen thousand miles for a single
tire is by no means rare," states Mr. H. E.
Jones, keeper of the garage. "A little
care and consideration on the part of
drivers pay big dividends in tire mileage,
as the foregoing records show."
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
During the month we received 51 pam-
phlets covering the following subjects:
13 commerce reports; 29 miscellaneous;
1 summary report of the Mines Branch,
Department of Mines, 1915, and 8 maga-
zines "Arms and the Man," donated bv
W. B. Mel.
The bound books are as follows: "Mich-
igan Board of Agriculture, 1916," donated
by Mr. Britton's office; Engineering News,
Electrical World and Journal of Elec-
tricity for July to December, 1916.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1222; pamphlets, 4117.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association Li-
brary has purchased the following bound
volumes: "Manufacturing (2osts and Ac-
counts," by A. Hamilton Church: "Opera-
tion of Gas Works," by Walter M. Russell;
"Valuation, Depreciation and the Rate
Base," by Carl Ewald Grunsky; "A Hand-
book of Briquetting," by G. Franke;
"Gasoline and How to Use It," bv G. A.
Burrell.
The following magazines have been
bound: Journal of Electricity, Julv-Dec,
1916; The Gas Record, July-Dec' 1916;
The Gas Age, Julv-Dec, 1916; American
Gas Light Journal, Julv-Dec, 1916; The
Gas Industry, Jan.-Dec, 1916.
The following volumes have been do-
nated: Proceedings of the New England
Association of Gas Engineers, 1915 and
1916; "Government Telephones." by Jas.
Mavor.
Total number of books on hand to date,
1309.
The location of tlie above libraries is
at Room 523, 445 Sutter Street, San Fran-
cisco. J. P. B.
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Anderson John S. Drum John D. MgKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Britton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miller
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Gharles T. Rodolph
F. G. Drum Norman B. Livebmore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. Foote Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. C. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY Attorney
H. BosTWicK Assistant to First Vice-President
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. Goghlan Manager Claims Department
G. P. GuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. Jollyman Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. Lisberger Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle M«mager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sales Department
Geo. G. Robb Superintendent of SuppUes
W. G. Vincent, Jr Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DI8TBIGT BEADQDARTEBB II A N A G B B
Alameda County Oakland F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa R. H. Aver
Contra Costa Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla De Sabla LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Martin
Elegtra Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marin San Rafael W. H. Foster
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
Napa Napa CD. Clark
Nevada Nevada City L. H. Hartsock
Petaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holberton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kuster
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon C. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Coons
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE'
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,717,344 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRFXTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No.
Population
No.
Population
127
48
10
1
1,152,402
1,165,677
45,350
75,000
48
2
8
120,431
7,800
17,800
175
SO
18
1
1,272,833
1,173,477
63,150
Railway
75.000
Place Population
■Alameda 28.000
'Albany 1.502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•-'Amador City.. 900
Angel Island.. 280
Antioch 1.800
•.\ptos 300
'Atherton 250
•-'Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
•Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
•Biggs 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'Burlingame. . . 3.000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1.000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15.000
•Colfax 850
'Colma 1,800
'Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
•-•Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3.000
Crow'sLanding 300
•Daly City. .. . 4.800
Danville 400
Davenport 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
•Dixon l.IOO
•Drytown 225
•Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
•-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
•EUiridge 5U0
Elmira 350
•El \'erano. . . . 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
» — Gas and Electricity.
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place
Population
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
'Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
'Gilroy
'Glen Ellen. . . .
»- 'Grass Valley. .
'Gridley
Grimes
'Groveland. . . .
'Guerneville . . .
Hammonton. .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
'HoUister
•- 'lone
Irvlngton
'- 'Jackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing.
'Larkspur
- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore. . . .
'Lomita Park. .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
'Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marys ville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
3,000
2.S0
250
900
300
300
2,000
225
35,000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
450
500
3,000
250
500
2.500
6,600
1,050
1,100
225
300
350
2.900
350
500
Place
MokelumneHill
'Morgan Hill. .
Mountain View
Mt. Eden
'Napa
s. 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle. . . .
Newman
Niles
'Novato
Population
300
00
2.500
210
6.500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley
•Occidental. . . .
Pacheco
-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
'Pike City
'Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
- 'Richmond . . . .
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas. .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1,000
3.000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3.000
800
75,000
750
2.500
1.500
560.000
'.San Jose 45,000
'San Juan.
'San Leandro.
San Lorenzo .
'San Martin. .
'San Mateo. .
'San Pablo . . .
'San Quentin .
326
4,000
400
200
5.500
500
2,500
Place
'.San Rafael ....
'Santa Clara. . .
'Santa Cruz . . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
'Shellville
Sheridan
Smartsville . . .
•Soquel
'Sonoma
'South San
Francisco. . .
'-'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege
'- 'Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
'-'Sutter Creek..
Tiburon
•Tres Pinos. . . .
'Vacaville
Population
6,000
6.000
13.600
11,500
300
2.750
1.850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1.250
'-'Vallejo 12.500
•Vineburg.
Walnut Creek
Warm Springs.
•Watson ville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City. . . .
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335,833
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,717.344
' — Gas, Electricity and Water.
' — Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
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TACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
WITH a maximum system demand of 189,000 horsepower
and lotal sales during 1916 of 521,553,153 kilowatt -hours,
ihe .system load factor reached 62/?^, one of the highest load
factors attained by any large company supplying general serv-
ice in the United States.
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There is, therefore, no air to interfere with the free and rapid
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"PACIFIC SERVICE" REPRESENTS
5,250 emplojees in all departments.
$125,000,000 capital invested in gas, electricity, railroads and water plants.
37,775 square miles of territory in which it operates.
8,000 stockholders.
30 counties of the State in which it transacts business.
421,794 consumers served with gas, electricity, water and steam.
1,717,344 people served in 30 counties.
177 cities and towns in which it transacts business.
$5,900,000 annual wages paid employees in 1916.
$972,565 taxes paid to the State of California in 1916.
155,027 horsepower developed in 11 electric water-power plants.
106,568 horsepower developed in 3 electric steam plants.
261,595 total horsepower developed in 14 plants.
521,553,153 k. w. hours sold in 1916.
8,174,225,400 cubic feet of gas sold in 1916.
17 gas plants.
22,955.1 miles of wire used in distributing electricity.
2,779 miles of main used in distributing gas.
762 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing water.
700 miles of track of street railways operated and supplied with power.
47,668,000,000 gallons of water stored in 66 lakes and reservoirs.
This amount of water would supply the City of San Francisco for
950 days.
44,000 acres of land owned in California.
2,717,206 barrels of California oil used in 1916.
63,193 horsepower in agricultural motors depending on "Pacific Service."
278,570 horsepower in mining, electric railways, manufacturing and other
motors depending on "Pacific Service."
35,765 street lamps, gas and electric, lighted by "Pacific Service."
3,758,175 incandescent lamps nightly lighted.
599,343 horsepower connected to system.
This represents the equivalent of 4,800,000 men.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Head Office: 445 Sutter Street
SAN FRANCISCO
Branches in all principal cities and towns of thirty counties
in North-Cenlral California
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Contents for April, 1917.
New Residential Sections, San Francisco Frontispiece
"PACIFIC SERVICE" WEST OF TWIN PEAKS F. F. Barbour . . 393
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAS MANUFAC-
TURE J- -^- Britton, Jr. . 397
MEMBERS OF P. C. G. A. PLEDGE LOYALTY F.S.M 403
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AIDED BY "PA-
CIFIC SERVICE" 404
"PACIFIC SERVICE" RIFLE CLUB — Shoot
No. 2 Guy Barker . . 406
OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" EMPLOYEES ASSO-
CIATION 409
THE FIRESIDE SENTIMENT REALIZED BY
"RADIANTFIRE" E.H.Corbett . . 412
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
ICE" A.F.Hockenbeamer il3
EDITORIAL 419
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 421
RECENTLY AUTHORIZED ADDITIONS AND
BETTERMENTS 429
Index to Advertisers
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co ii
Associated Oil Go vi
Chuplin-Fulton Mfg. Co v
(ieeieral Electric Co i
General Gas Light Co ii
Goodyear Rubber Co iv
Graliam, Jas., Mfg. Co vi
National City Company 4th page cover
Pacific Meter Co vi
Pacitic Telephone & Telegraph Co. .2d page cover
Pellon Water Wheel Co v
Pierson, Roeding & Co ii
Roehling, John A., Sons Co vii
Shumate's Pharmacy, Inc v
Sprague Meter Co y
Standard Underground Cable Co vii
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co iv
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank. ..?d page cover
Welsbach Company vii
Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California iy
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co viii
Wood, R. D., & Co iii
-New rcsidiiitiiil sections arc iiiding the growtli of Sail l-raiiiisco. The two uppermost views are
of new homes in St. I'rancis Wood; then come, in order, views of Westwood Park, Forest Hill
and Inglesidc. "Pacific Service" is materially assisting this work of development in the
western metropolis.
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PACIFIC SERVICE MAGAZINE
Volume VIII
APRIL, 1917
Number 11
''Pacific Service " West of Twin Peaks
By F. F. BARBOUR, San Francisco District
I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills
from whence cometh my help." Thus
said the prophet of old and thus have
the prophets of today accomplished. For
many years have the low hills to the
west of the more densely settled portions
of San Francisco been a barrier to the
development of the southern and west-
ern end of the city. The Ingleside race-
track and Sutro for-
est have drawn hun-
dreds of people
from the city and
surrounding towns,
but transportation
thereto has been
roundabout and dif-
ficult.
The conception
and construction of
the Twin Peaks tun-
nel by the city of
San Francisco pro-
vides a short, direct
route to the terri-
tory back of Twin
Peaks and lying on
the low rolling hills
and broad slopes of
the westerly side of
the city.
Foreseeing this re-
sult, the enerprising
realty men, several years ago, started to
develop the property into modern, at-
tractive residence districts. Ingleside Ter-
race utilized the former race track as a
motif for its plan of subdivision, and its
beautiful sun dial stands near the center
of the old track. Around the bowl, on
the hilly slopes, winding streets lead to
the view points, and beautiful homes
have been built to command the sight of
hill and ocean.
Type of residence in Forest Hill that suits
its surroundings.
To the north, the wooded knolls of St.
Francis Wood have been threaded with
curving avenues, and from amid the trees
exclusive dwellings greet the eye of the
motorist.
Farther north still. Forest Hill lies,
gem-like on the wooded slopes. Trees,
shrubs and wild flowers, the natural
product of this section, lend their charm,
and a few minutes'
run takes the home-
seeker from the bus-
tle and noise of the
metropolis to the
quiet and rest of the
suburb.
On the easterly
slope of the hills
lies the famous Sut-
ro Forest, an unusu-
ally wild tract of
territory, a portion
of which is now a
bungalow home dis-
trict in Westwood
Park. Long avenues
through the trees
lead gradually up
the slopes and new
homes are springing
up almost daily.
Other sections
around the west
portal of the tunnels are being utilized
and automobiles are daily carrying build-
ers and prospective residents to view
the beauties of these newly available
districts.
The modern residence district, lying
on the rolling hills, must be laid out to
fit the topography with the result that
streets curve about on easy grades; side-
walks are "parked" with trees, and flow-
ers are planted along the edge.
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Westwood Park, a part of what was once called Sutro Forest.
This refinement of development calls
for the highest type of modern utilities.
Houses are set far back from the street
and unsightly structures are taboo.
The realization of this need has led
landscape artists to utilize the best and,
in most instances, the most expensive
methods to serve residences with the nec-
essary utilities. Easements are reserved
at the rear of the lot, in which sewers,
water mains, telephone lines, gas mains
and electric light lines are constructed.
These may be all underground or on in-
conspicuous poles, so that there is no
offense to the eye. Such overhead con-
struction stops one hundred feet or more
from street crossings and the crossings
are laid underground.
It is obvious that this type of construc-
tion is much more expensive than the
ordinary sidewalk pole-line system, while
the revenue derived from it is no more,
in fact, in many instances it is less than
in the ordinary closely-built sections. It
is, therefore, not to be expected that it
can be provided under the usual condi-
tions of public service. Hence special
contracts are entered into whereby the
extra expense is equitably divided until
such time as the income will warrant the
investment.
"Pacific Service" has taken its full
share in this development work. Its en-
gineers have spent unlimited time and
effort to design systems of gas and elec-
tric distribution which shall be efTicient,
ample for present demands and readily
expanded to meet future growth. Gas
mains are laid in such a manner that
constant and perfect circulation is main-
tained at all times. High-pressure mains
bring the main supply from the holder
to the tract. At suitable locations reduc-
ing governors and pressure regulators
are installed, and service is rendered to
consumers as perfect as though the gas
were manufactured within a block of the
house instead of being brought miles
through steel-welded pipes. All mains
must be so laid that perfect "drainage"
St. Francis Wood affords spacious acreage. The prominent natural features of wood and
shrubbery have been retained as far as possible.
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395
is obtained and condensation is collected
in drip pits and removed as occasion
requires. To do this automobile drip
wagons make regular trips throughout
the districts, drawing up quietly in in-
conspicuous locations, doing their work
almost unnoticed and by simple, scien-
tific methods, removing waste without
handling over streets or sidewalks and
leaving no sign behind of work poorly
done. How different from the days when
an unsightly, horse-drawm, open wagon
rattled through the streets, tools scattered
about the walks, refuse and debris spilled
about opposite the front entrance and
the householder was disturbed and em-
bittered by ugly sights and sounds and
more unseemly odors!
Electric service is rendered through the
rear of the lots, builders supplying all
underground connection to the mains,
which run through the easements. Meters
are set on rear porches or in basements
at a specially provided window, so that
they may be read without entering the
house, and no disturbance is caused the
consumer, at least, until the bill is ren-
dered. Such arrangements require more
time on the part of the employees to se-
cure the necessary meter readings than
where meters are set at the front of
houses, but "Pacific Service" gladly bears
the burden in a spirit of co-operation
with its consumers.
Street lighting has in recent years be-
come a matter of art as well as of utility.
No longer may a puritanically plain or
ugly post be used to bear an equally ugly
street lamp. The artist designs a "col-
umn" in the Greek, Ionic or other style
— with a "lantern" on top. It is beauti-
ful— it harmonizes with the architecture,
or blends with the trees and shrubbery.
It is a thing of joy to the designing
draughtsman. But alack! and alas! it is a
veritable nightmare to the "Pacific Serv-
ice" engineer. He must equip it with a
pipe or cable, and there is not sufficient
room within to accommodate such de-
vice. He must install within its lantern
or globe a lamp which is larger than the
space reserved. He must have ventila-
tion to remove the heat generated by the
glowing gas mantle. He must have easy
access to renew and trim the lamps. Lo!
the designer has made it so firm and rigid
that only a machine shop can force an
entrance. Again "Pacific Service" offers
the service of its engineers, and after
many conferences with the designer,
owner and manufacturer a structure is
produced which gives the most light best
distributed, and which can be opened for
service without the aid of burglar's tools.
Again, the design must be such as will
give the most light in the proper place.
That place is on the sidewalk and in less
degree on the roadway. Unless these
are rightly designed, shadows will cover
the ground and the light will dissipate
upward. It is useless to try and light the
heavens in times of peace, and so the
engineers arrange the lamp to spread its
rays downward, lighting the footway of
the weary homeseeker. It is more of a
problem than it appears at first sight, and
the engineer has ample company in his
weariness. Then, too, the motorist must
not be blinded by the glare of street
lamps and his eyes may know only the
fact that in some way he sees clearly the
road and knows not the source of its
light.
Do you wonder what is happening
when, in the early dusk, one by one the
gas lamps flash into light and, presently,
the street has a row of moons dotting
the curb line? The limplighter has done
his work, as he has daily for time past,
unseen, unheralded, quickly passing from
post to post — a deft turn of the hand and
you have light. Poor fellow, he must be
up before dawn and while you are com-
fortably sleeping, or taking the morning
bath, he must make the round again and
put those same moons in eclipse. And
so on, night after night, he gives you "Pa-
cific Service."
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riusc views ;iic ui Forest Hill. Note the up-to-date street-lighting system.
The electric street lights may be oper-
ated only in groups from fifty to seventy-
five lamps, and to control them by cal-
endar of dark till daylight they must be
connected to the source of power — may-
hap miles away — by a copper cable, so
that in the electric station at the ap-
pointed time the operator may close the
switch and the lights go on. And again
at daybreak, the switch must be opened
and the artificial give way to the natural.
This is an easier method, in every way,
than the old one of sending out a lamp-
lighter, but it means thousands of dol-
lars invested in those same copper cables
and interest must be earned on that in-
vestment. All this and much more is
painstakingly designed by the engineers
of "Pacific Service."
In the illustrations herewith the per-
sonality of the men responsible for "mak-
ing the city" is shown in the varied de-
signs of lamp posts. In the one a simple
structure to support the lamp is beauti-
fied by twining vines, green in the win-
ter and full of color in the summer.
Again, the classic column of the ancient
is adapted to the need of the modern,
and the post becomes a thing of beauty
by day, as well as a source of safety and
confidence by night.
Not the least of the problems in street
lighting is to so design, distribute and
equip the light sources that at some later
date they may be incorporated into the
system supplied by the municipality. As
the density of population increases, the
city must assume the duty of supplying
street light to the residents in return for
taxes paid. Hence such street lighting
systems must meet the requirements of
municipal regulations and be such as
will be acceptable to the city's experts
when they eventually come under their
care and maintenance. This is another
task which requires expert knowledge
and business foresight. "Pacific Service"
aims to know these requirements and to
lend all its consumers a full measure of
assistance thereto.
"Let there be light" is an old com-
mand, but it is also an ever-present de-
mand which "Pacific Service" endeavors
to fulfill.
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r;iiui)iis iMic track. 'I'lu
ot the laiidsciipe.
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Pacific Service Magazine
397
The Development of Gas Manufacture
I
By JOHN A. BRITTON, JR., Superintendent of Gas Station "B," Oakland
The following interesting paper was read by its author before the members of our
"Pacific Service" Employees Association at their meeting in Oakland last February. It
is of especial value as presenting a purely technical subject in such shape as to enable the
lay mind to grasp some of its intricacies. Editor Pacific Service Magazine.
T
HE probability is that most people
with the exception of those actively
engaged in the manufacture of gas know
very little about it except that it is some-
thing that is used for cooking, heating
water, heating your home and lighting
your streets, is measured by a little
square tin box called a meter which is
set in your basement and is the means of
bringing the bill collector to your home
once a month to extract a certain pro-
portion of your hard-earned wages. I
will endeavor to give you some idea of
the problems that are met and the meth-
ods we use in overcoming them in the
manufacture and distribution of that
most useful product. Gas.
The first historical record we have of
the use of gas dates back over 2000 years,
when the Egyptians and the early Greeks
carried it through pipes or tubing to the
temples erected to their several deities
and there burned this "gas" or everlast-
ing fire which in turn was worshiped
by them. This was, of course, natural
gas, and although it was used at this time
in connection with religious ceremonies,
no one seemed to realize the importance
of making it the useful servant of man
that it has become in the last 100 years.
The name, gas, is probably derived
from the German word geist, meaning
ghost. One of the early eminent chem-
ists, Von Helmont, discovered that after
burning sixty-two pounds of charcoal, he
had only one pound of ash left. The bal-
ance had disappeared, and not knowing
what had become of it, nor in fact what
it actually was, he called it "gaz". Even
after the discovery of artificial gas, it
was quite a few years before it was
called by that name, being known as
inflammable air.
The first record of gas being distilled
from coal and used for lighting was at
the University of Louvain, when, in
1784, Jeans Pierre Minkler used it to light
his lecture room. Several early chemists,
among them Dr. John Clayton of Eng-
land, made reports on the discovery of
the properties of natural gas and the
products of coal distillation, but the dis-
covery of its commercial value was the
result of the work of William Murdock
of England, who is now known as the
father of gas, and Phillipe LeBon of
France. Unquestionably LeBon, a bright,
clever and ingenious young engineer of
the Royal Corps, would have contributed
considerably more to the gas business
had his career not been unfortunately
terminated by assassination two short
years after his first public display. How-
ever, his work attracted the attention and
interest of one F. Winzer, the first gas
company financier, who came to Paris
to see the display and during the stormy
period of French history that followed,
took patents to England where, after sev-
eral failures, he finally succeeded jn
starting the first gas company.
William Murdock became interested in
the subject very early in his career as an
erecting machinist, and long before he
made his first public display of gas as
an illuminant he confined it in bladders
to the neck of which were attached
metal tubes. With the gas from one of
these bladders, which he carried under
his arm, he lighted his way home at
night. In the year 1792 he lighted his
own home with gas, but it wasn't until
ten years later that he made his first
public display by lighting the front of
the Cotton Mills at Soho. From this ven-
ture sprang many others, and during the
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next few years Murdock busied himself
building small gas plants for the industrial
plants and mills in several places in
England. About this time Winzer came
to Kngland, and Murdock not realizing
tliat they \verc both striving for the same
idea, fouglit him at every turn. Finally
Samuel Clegg, who had been associated
with Murdock, cast his fortunes with
Winzer and the combination of geniuses,
Winzer as financier and Clegg as engi-
neer, overcame all obstacles and the first
gas company started on a firm basis in
1809. However, it was a very difficult
matter to get people to use the gas at all
and during the first two years the com-
pany supplied every consumer free of
charge. Even Parliament added to the
difficulties encountered by the first gas
company by the passage of many strin-
gent laws which we now look upon as
foolish and childish, but we must remem-
ber that the general knowledge of gas at
that time was very limited. One of these
laws was that all gas pipes must be kept
at least six inches from any wall for
fear that the pipes would get hot and
cause a fire.
In 1816 gas was introduced into the
United States at Baltimore, Md., the com-
pany having celebrated its hundredth
anniversary last year. From there it
spread very rapidly through the larger
Eastern cities and into the middle west,
and in 1852 was introduced into San
Francisco. In 1864 Joseph G. Eastland,
then secretary of the San Francisco Gas
Company, came to Oakland and with
William Beggs, engineer, applied for a
franchise to make, distribute and sell gas.
The company was organized and in 1866
started to deliver gas. At this time Oak-
land was a town of about 2500 inhabi-
tants who were living over a very widely
scattered territory, and when the gas
company first started it charged $7.50
per thousand cubic feet and had sixteen
consumers with a daily output of 3000
cubic feet. Today this company is serv-
ing nearly 70,000 consumers with a max-
imum output of 9,300,000 cubic feet, and
is charging a maximum price of 90 cents
per 1000. The Oakland Gas Light and
Heat Company was more than fortunate
in having for its directors a group of
men who were content to earn a reason-
able return on the money invested, for
whenever the receipts were in excess of
this amount they reduced the price of
gas voluntarily and thus escaped the po-
litical regulation that worked many hard-
ships on some of the other early gas
companies. Oakland was the second city
in California to adopt the Lowe carbu-
retted water-gas method of making gas,
was the first city in California to adopt
gas stoves, was the city where the manu-
facture of crude oil-gas was made a
success and was the first city in the
United States to distribute gas under high
pressure.
Although gas was first used over one
hundred years ago it was nearly seventy
years later before it was used for any-
thing but illumination. About 1880 the
first gas stoves were brought into use and
about ten years later the first water heat-
ers were put on the market. About this
time Carl Auer von Welsbach invented
the famous Welsbach burner, which put
gas lighting on a firmer basis than it had
ever been before and gave it the instru-
ment whereby it could compete on more
even terms with the competitor that was
to come, namely electricity.
The first gas made was derived from
the destructive distillation of coal and
this method is still in use in the greater
part of the world today. The process of
making gas from coal was simply that of
putting a charge of coal into a closed
oven, or retort, where it was baked for
a period of from four to six hours. Dur-
ing this baking process the gas and tar
were driven out of the coal and passing
out through the standpipe went through
the various processes of purification by
which the tar and ammonia were re-
moved from the gas, and the finished
product was stored in the holder for use.
The baking ovens or retorts were orig-
inally made of cast iron but it was found
that considerably more gas of a better
grade could be obtained from the coal
Pacific Service Magazine
399
by tlie use of higher heats than could be
maintained with cast-iron retorts, and
so it became necessary to find retorts
that could stand higher heats. Conse-
quently, clay retorts were substituted for
cast-iron ones and the use of higher heats
simplified a great many of the coal-gas
man's troubles.
At the time of the Civil War Professor
T. S. C. Lowe, after whom Mount Lowe
in Southern California was named, was
appointed by the United States Govern-
ment to manufacture hydrogen gas to fill
balloons which were used for the pur-
pose of making observations of war. Dur-
ing this time Professor Lowe discovered
the method of making water-gas, or the
disassociation of steam by means of in-
candescent carbon, and when peace was
finally declared he patened his now
famous Lowe carburetted water-gas gen-
erator. Water gas, or blue gas as it was
commonly known, was a gas that burned
with a colorless flame but had very good
heating qualities. In order to put this
gas on the market in competition with
coal-gas it was necessary to add some-
thing to it that would make it luminous.
This was done by adding gas made from
a very light oil. The apparatus consists
of three cylindrical shells. In the first
shell is a bed of coal, or carbon, which
is ignited and brought to incandescence
by means of an air blast which blows up
through the bed of carbon, through the
connection at the top to the second shell,
down through the second shell through
the connection at the bottom to the third
shell, and up through the third shell and
out of the stack at the top. Thus the heat
from the bed of carbon is utilized to
heat the entire three shells. All three
shells are riveted steel and are lined with
about twenty-seven inches of fire brick.
The first and second shells are hollow
and the third is filled with checker brick,
or fire brick, laid, one on top of the other
in checker board fashion, leaving flue
holes between. The method of opera-
tion consists of a series of heats and
makes as follows:
The air is turned on under the bed of
carbon which is brought to incandes-
cence. The period occupies about five
minutes' time. The air is then shut ofi",
the stack-valve closed and the main gas-
valve opened. Steam is admitted into
the first shell underneath the bed of car-
bon and rising through it becomes disas-
sociated into its elements which combine
with the carbon to form water-gas or
blue gas. At the same time oil is sprayed
into the top of the second shell and be-
comes vaporized. This oil vapor and the
water-gas combine, and passing through
the third shell which is filled with heated
checker brick become a fixed gas which
passes out through the off"take at the top
of the third shell into the washbox and
from there on through the diff"erent proc-
esses of purification until it is stored in
the holder. This operation occupies
about five minutes, and when completed
a heat period is again started and the
cycle is repeated. As the handling of
both oil and water-gas is practically the
same after it leaves the generator, I will
deal with it under the head of purifica-
tion of oil-gas.
In 1914 Mr. E. C. Jones, in collabora-
tion with his son, Mr. L. B. Jones, put on
the market the Improved Jones Oil-Gas
Generator which today is the last word
in crude oil-gas manufacture. With the
Lowe process it took from twelve to
fourteen gallons of crude oil per thou-
sand cubic feet of gas, while the Im-
proved Jones Generator makes gas on
from 71/4 to 7% gallons of oil to the thou-
sand cubic feet. With the Lowe process
the production of lampblack was about
thirty pounds per thousand cubic feet,
while with the new set it has been re-
duced to fifteen pounds. The process of
making oil gas in the Improved set em-
bodies the same principles as it did in
the earlier types, but of course the im-
provements that have come have been
due to a more careful and scientific study
of just exactly what change took place
in the generator proper. In the old
style of oil-gas machine, gas was made
as follows:
After the generator had been heated to
the proper temperature, or approximately
the proper temperature, for gas making,
the operation was divided into two
periods, a heating period and a making
period. Both of these periods consumed
five minutes. In the heating period, air
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was admitted into the bottom of the first
shell or primary generator under a pres-
sure of about one pound; oil was then
sprayed into this generator by means of
steam through two burners, one on each
side of the air pipe. Tiiis oil was burned
and the products of combustion were
carried up though the primary generator,
through the connection piece at the top
of the secondary generator, down
through the secondary shell and out at
the stack which w'as situated at the bot-
tom of this generator. The gas makers
determined the temperature of the ma-
chine by the color of the flame going out
of the stack, and it was wonderful to note
the accuracy with which they could tell
the heat of the machine by this crude
method. At the end of the five-minute
period the air and the oil were turned
off, the stack-valve closed and the main
gas-valve or scrubber-valve opened. This
scrubber-valve forms a twofold purpose,
that of keeping the gas in relief holder
from backing up into the machine and,
also, of keeping the products of combus-
tion of the heating period from getting
into the holder and contaminating the
gas. As soon as this scrubber valve is
opened the oil is sprayed into both the
primary and secondary generators and
vaporized. This vapor passes down
through the primary generator and out
through the outlets into the washbox.
This part of the process of oil-gas manu-
facture may be compared to the way oil
is handled in a refinery. In a refinery,
by the application of heat they vaporize
the oil and then pass the vapors through
a cooling chamber and condense them;
in oil-gas manufacture we pass the
vapors through a heating-chamber or fix-
ing-chamber and make them a fixed gas,
one that cannot be condensed back into
the original oil from which it was pro-
duced. In this metliod the heats were
indeterminate at the best, the oil during
the making period was poured in rapidly
or slowly, depending a great deal on the
man running the machine and the condi-
tion of his feelings at that time. The
amount of steam used was problematical,
good dry steam being used if the boilers
furnished it, but if they didn't steam that
was little better than hot water was used.
With the Improved set came a correction
of all these features, so that today the
temperature of the generator in its vari-
ous parts is determined by means of a
pyrometer, which is an electrical ther-
mometer for very high temperatures. The
rate at which the oil is sprayed into the
generator is determined by the rate or
flow meters which allow onlj' a certain
amount of oil to pass through them in a
given time, and care is now taken that
the gas works is supplied with enough
boiler capacity to furnish steam at the
proper temperature and pressure and
free from water. I might also add that
at the present time the type of man oper-
ating the Improved sets is superior in
intelligence to the type found in the gas
works twenty years ago.
After the gas leaves the generator it
goes through its various processes of
purification before it is stored in the
holder for distribution. Purification may
be divided into three heads, namely,
washing, scrubbing and oxide purifica-
tion. In the first, washing, we wash the
gas with water, eitlier salt or fresh ac-
cording to the location of the plant, by
making the gas bubble through about six
inches of water. This takes place in the
washbox, a rectangular sheet-iron box,
20 feet long, 16 feet wide and 5 feet deep,
through which a stream of water is con-
stantly flowing. When the gas leaves the
generator and passes into the washbox
part of its constituents are hydrocarbon
vapors which are combinations of hydro-
gen gas and carbon. The hot gas is from
a generator of about 1800 degrees F., be-
ing forced to bubble up through cold salt
water, receives a shock that breaks down
some of the combinations of hydrogen
and carbon into hydrogen gas and car-
bon, the hydrogen going on through the
scrubbers to the holders to form about
45 to 50 per cent of our gas and the car-
bon washing out with the salt water and
being caught in the settling pits. Scrub-
bing may be divided into two heads,
namely, water scrubbing and oil scrub-
bing. After the gas leaves the washbox
it passes through four water scrubbers.
A water scrubber is a cylindrical shell of
sheet iron, those at Gas Station "B" being
12 feet 7 inches in diameter and 39 feet
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3 inches high. These scrubbers are filled
with trays made of lx6-inch pine S. 4 S.
nailed together with 1-inch square blocks
and laid in checker board fashion on
top of one another. This leaves 1-inch
flue holes for the gas to travel through.
The gas comes in at the bottom and pass-
ing up through the trays leaves the scrub-
ber at the top. Here another breaking
down of vapors takes place.
All of the oil out of which we make our
gas in California has an asphalt base.
By that I mean if you were to take a
sample of crude oil and put it into a
kettle and heat it until you drove off all of
the oil possible, that which would be left
would be asphalt or bitumen. This as-
phalt is not capable of being gasified but
leaves the generator as a fog or vapor,
and it is this asphalt base vapor that we
remove in our scrubbers and which has
the name of tar. Tar and lampblack, or
carbon, are the only by-products from
oil-gas manufacture. The next scrubbing
is oil scrubbing. This process is exactly
the same as w^ater scrubbing, except that
we use crude oil instead of water. By
this method we are enabled to remove the
naphthalene from our gas. Naphthalene
is another combination of hydrogen gas
and carbon, and alone has probably
caused more wrinkles, gray hairs and
sleepless nights than all the other trou-
bles of the gas men combined. When
allowed to leave the works it gets into
the mains, and at the first drop in tem-
perature settles out, preferably, on some
small projection in the pipe; and when
one piece settles it doesn't take long be-
fore many more join it and shut ofi" the
supply of gas entirely. Then the con-
sumer kicks, and rightfully, too, but I
believe that we have this trouble largely
stopped by oil scrubbing. Last May we
averaged from 100 to 150 complaints
from naphthalene a day. Last month,
February 1917, we had a total of three
complaints for the entire month out of
nearly 70,000 consumers. This record
will compare favorably with any gas
plant in the United States and a great
deal better than most plants.
The gas is then passed through puri-
fiers which remove probably its most
obnoxious impurity, namely hydrogen
sulphide. These purifiers are round
wooden boxes, 30 feet in diameter and
9 feet high. The purification material is
iron oxide or common iron rust, and is
made at the plant from copperas, a cheap
iron ore, and lime. The copperas is
melted by means of steam and mixed
with the lime, pine shavings being used
as a binder. Chemical reaction takes
place between the copperas and the lime
and iron rust is formed. Pure iron rust
is a fine powder and should we put it
into the purifier in this form it would
pack down and not allow the gas to pass
through it; consequently the shavings are
used to prevent packing and to give more
porosity to the purification material.
Each of these boxes is capable of purify-
ing one million cubic feet of gas a day.
After gas has been passed through the
boxes about sixteen hours, we shut off"
the gas and open the doors on the sides
of the purifier and by means of a blower
suck air through the oxide for about four
hours. When the gas passes through the
oxide the hydrogen sulphide combines
with the oxide, forming iron sulphate.
When the air is drawn through the oxide
the oxygen from the air combines with
the iron sulphate, forming iron oxide
again and throwing down free sulphur.
This free sulphur, however, is not mar-
ketable, nor is it possible to obtain it for
commercial use due to the expense of
purifying it. The life of the oxide is
largely dependable on its use, some of the
boxes at the gas works having been in
use nearly four years before it became
necessary to rene\v them. From the puri-
fiers the gas is passed through the station
meters, which are big wet meters, to the
storage holders from where it is dis-
tributed and transmitted. Gas is dis-
tributed under high and low pressure,
high pressure being anything over one
pound and low pressure being fractions
of a pound. These high and low pressure
mains are connected together so that the
high pressure mains can supply the low
pressure mains by means of governors
and regulators. This is done in order
that we can have "Pacific Service" in
every part of our system.
The water that leaves the washboxes
with the lampblack passes in to settling
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pits. At Gas Station "B" there are three
pits 100 feet long and 30 feet wide and 4
feet deep. In these pits are bafTling plates
so placed that the water alternately flows
over and under them, thus enabling the
lampblack to settle out and the water
to pass on. At the end of these pits are
four fdtering pits 20 feet square and 6
feet deep, containing galvanized pipe
frames, 9 feet by 3 feet, in an upright
position and covered with a filter cloth.
The water is sucked through the filter
cloth by means of centrifugal pumps, the
lampblack that is not retained in the
settling i)its remaining on the outside of
the filter cloth and the water coming
through as clean if not cleaner than it
was before entering the w^ashbox. All
the water used at Gas Station "B" for
washing and scrubbing is salt water
pumped out of the estuary, and this
amounts to about three million gallons
every twenty-four hours. The lampblack
is removed from the settling pits by
means of clam-shell buckets and placed
in piles. It is then passed through a
dryer which reduces the moisture content
to about 20 per cent and is then pressed
into briquettes wiiich have been given
the trade name of "Carbon Fuel". Our
present capacity is about forty-five tons
a dav and we have never yet been able
to supply the demand, but we are now
working on a new unit so that we hope
next winter to be able to double our out-
put. Carbon Fuel when compared with
the best coal shows about 2000 more heat
units to the pound and about 1 V2 per cent
of ash to 12 per cent of ash in the coal.
Our other product, tar, has not yet been
put to the many and varied uses that coal
tar has, although we are working on it
and hope to make some important dis-
coveries regarding it in the near future.
At the present time we are glad to burn
it under our boilers to get rid of it, al-
though a small percentage of it is used
as a preservative for woodwork and pip-
ing. There is one more by-product,
namely benzol, which is squeezed out of
the gas by compression. This became
rather valuable lately due to the fact
that it contains about 12 per cent of
tuloul. which is used in the manufacture
of the high explosive known as T. N. T.
The chemical side of the manufacture
up to the last few years has been neg-
lected for the mechanical side, partic-
ularly on the Pacific Coast. However,
this important phase of the business is
now coming into its own, and I expect
within a few years to see a corps of
chemists working on our various prob-
lems in conjunction with our mechanical
engineers. The daily routine of the
chemist at the gas works covers the fol-
lowing: Analysis of the gas; this in-
cludes both the gas made and the gas on
the town, with any special analyses that
may come in. Taking a calorimeter test
to determine the heating value of the
gas every two hours. Testing the gas for
hydrogen sulphide. Making a referee's
test or determining the amount of sul-
phur compounds in the gas. Analysis of
the oil for water, sand and sulphur and
fractionating it. These oil tests are made
for every cargo that comes in, which is
about eight times a month. Our gas is
composed of seven difi"erent gases and it
is the problem of the man in charge of
the manufacture to keep these seven dif-
ferent gases in such proportion as to
insure uniformity of the product and to
keep the British Thermal Units up to the
standard of 600. A British Thermal Unit
is that amount of heat necessary to raise
one pound of water one degree Fahren-
heit, so that if our gas contains 600 B. T.
U. it means that one foot of our gas when
burned will raise 600 pounds of water
one degree F. As the grade of oil is not
constant, it becomes necessary for us to
know just what each cargo of oil con-
tains so that we can handle our generator
accordingly. As soon as the chemist has
made his tests, his findings are turned
over to the man in charge of manufac-
ture, who is enabled by this information
to operate the generators with greater
efficiency than he possibly could without
it. After the chemist has completed his
daily routine he spends the balance of
his time on research work on our by-
products, and I feel confident that very
shortly the reclamation of our by-pro-
ducts will become as important a branch ■
of "Pacific Service" as the manufacture f
of the gas itself.
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Members of the P. C. G. A. Pledge Their Loyalty
The Pacific Coast Gas Association held
ils iirst "Get-Together" dinner of the sea-
son in San Francisco on the evening of
Thursday, April 5th.
It was a memorable gathering in the
history of the association. There was an
excellent attendance from all parts of the
Pacific Coast territory, and the ballroom
of the Palace Hotel in which the banquet
was held was appropriately draped with
the national colors. It was without ques-
tion one of the most enthusiastic gather-
ings ever held by members of this asso-
ciation. President C. B. Babcock, lately
returned from his trip East, was in the
chair and there were gathered around
him men whose prominence in the gas
industry is not of yesterday. The chair-
men of the various standing committees
reported progress, and among those called
upon for remarks were Messrs. E. C.
Jones, Henry Bostwick, John D. Kuster,
F. A. Leach, Jr., F. S. Myrtle, and M. L.
Neely, all of "Pacific Service"; Leon P.
Lowe, F. A. Cressey, Jr., Wm. J. Dorr, T.
P. Brooks, R. L. Cardiff" and H. R. Bas-
ford. All of the speeches were to the
point and were well received.
A feature of the evening was the adop-
tion of the following resolutions which
were transmitted by telegraph to the
President of the United States at Wash-
ington and the Governor of California at
Sacramento:
"Resolved, That the Pacific Coast
Gas Association, in meeting assem-
bled, tenders to your excellency the
united, loyal and patriotic support
of its membership, to be of such
assistance to you and our nation as
necessities may demand. The or-
ganization is composed of technical
men who are used to problems and
their solution, and bring with them
in this tender of patriotic services
the best wishes for you and your
administration, with the assurances
of loyal esteem and support."
Needless to say the adoption called for
"The Star Spangled Banner," which was
given with a will. It is with great pleas-
ure that we record the receipt of the fol-
lowing reply from President Wilson :
"The President thanks you cor-
dially for the good-will which
prompted your kind message which
has helped to reassure him and
keep him in heart."
An expression of sympathy and aff'ec-
tion was transmitted to Mr. Frank A. Cres-
sey, Sr., a charter member of the associa-
tion and father of our past-president, who
is confined to his home at Modesto by
serious illness.
The association is now on the eve of
the quarter-century mark, and while there
are several of the "Old Guard" still on
hand, its future destiny must rest with
the younger men of the industry. That
being so, it is refreshing to note the num-
ber of new members that the association
is enrolling. "Good Old Reliable Gas" is
doing business with greater energy than
ever; in fact, from all accounts the in-
dustry is entering upon a new era of
progress and prosperity. Gas men realize
that they are to play a most important
part in the industrial development of our
country.
The second "Get-Together" dinner of
the association is scheduled for Los An-
geles on the evening of Saturday, June
9th. It has already been announced that
the association will hold its twenty-fifth
annual convention at Santa Cruz in Sep-
tember. A feature of convention week
will be the exhibition of gas appliances.
The ground floor of the Casino on the
beach has been secured for the purpose,
and the exhibition is designed for the
benefit of the general public as much as
for members of the association. The fol-
lowing compose the committee in charge
of this feature: B. S. Pedersen, George
M. Clark & Co., chairman; H. W. Jackson,
James Graham Manufacturing Co.; R. L.
Cardiff, Coast Counties Gas & Electric
Co.; L. C. Braun, Eclipse Stove Co.; R. J.
Thompson, Welsbach Co.; Paul E. Haugh,
Trenkamp Stove & Manufacturing Co.; T.
Leary, H. Mueller Mfg. Co. F. S. M.
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Industrial Activities Aided by 'Pacific Service
The Morgan Spring Company, 350
Grove Street, San Francisco, is now using
gas in an automobile spring tempering
furnace, of a special design, as well as in
a gas forge for welding. This installa-
tion was made on account of it being
possible by the use of gas to maintain a
constant and definite temperature, thus
adding greatly to the qaulity and value
of the commodity.
The Yuba Manufacturing Company,
formerly known as the Yuba Construction
Company, one of California's most enter-
prising and substantial concerns, on ac-
count of its flourishing business, has
decided to enlarge, by opening up a plant
at Benicia, where its line of agricultural
implements will be manufactured on a
large scale. The company will maintain
its Marysville shops as heretofore. This
company is a pioneer in the construction
of gold dredges, and now has under con-
struction at its Marysville plant, what is
to be the largest gold dredger ever built.
The Sperry Flour Company's new mills
at South Vallcjo are rapidly nearing com-
pletion, and will be the most completely
etiuipped mills on the Coast. A total of
1500 horsepower in motors will be in-
stalled at this plant.
The Nicolas Lange Chemical Company,
located at Kirkwood and Quint streets,
San Francisco, has installed a new gas
furnace for the reduction of antimony
ore to antimony oxide and metal. The
gas consumption will be approximately
1000 cubic feet per hour, operating ten
hours per day. Gas is the most desirable
fuel on account of producing a whiter
oxide than any oilier fuel; consequently
a higher price is received for the i)roduct.
The Hauer Schweitzer Hop and Malt
House at 535 Chestnut Street, San Fran-
cisco, has installed a 10-horsepower
Kane gas steam boiler. It is to be used in
an experimental laboratory in connec-
tion with the making of malted milk and
other by-products.
J. A. Christian and Son, 1427 Valencia
Street, San Francisco, have installed a
10-horse power Kane gas steam boiler in
their dairy for pasteurizing milk. This
is highly desirable because the time re-
quired is only approximately two hours
and the fuel expense ceases upon shut-
ting off the gas. There is also an advan-
tage in using gas on account of the rapid-
ity of generating the fifty or sixty pounds
of steam pressure necessary.
The Alameda County District has just
started neighborhood free cooking les-
sons. The lessons are conducted by Miss
Margaret Gleason, who is specializing on
economical dishes to combat the H. C. L.
Miss Gleason is an expert in Domestic
Science, being a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, post-graduate of Colum-
bia University, occupied the Chair of
Domestic Science at University of Mexico
and now associated with University of
California. This thorough preparation
and her simplicity are making the classes
very popular. A store in a residence sec-
tion is rented for a week. It is equipped
with a portable platform in four sections.
The platform is arranged like a kitchen.
A gas cabinet range on one side with
boiler and heater mounted on a board
set upright alongside of the stove and a
kitchen table on the platform opposite is
the setting. Comfortable folding chairs
accommodate the audience. Along the
walls are arranged types of attractive gas
ranges. The cooking demonstrations 'are
held every afternoon with change of pro-
gram daily. Saturday is cake day. On
that day a drawing is made for the award
of several cakes. The following Monday
morning the equipment is moved to an-
other store ready for demonstrations that
afternoon. During the previous week this
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vacant store had been posted with a large
sign announcing free cooking lessons to
be held there the following week. This
sign is then removed and posted in the
next store. In its place is posted a sign
announcing "Free Cooking Lessons every
afternoon of that week under the aus-
pices of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany." Two salesmen follow up the
demonstrations to wait or call upon those
interested in the purchase of appliances.
Miss Gleason is assisted by a colored
maid dressed in black with white apron
and white lace caplet. Two dishes are
demonstrated at a lesson so as to give
ample opportunity to explain food values.
The attendance has taxed the seating ca-
pacity showing the popularity of the
work.
The sugar beet industry in the San
Joaquin Valley has received a new im-
petus, through the announcement of
three large sugar factories starting con-
struction at once, located at Tracy, Stock-
ton and Manteca, respectively. Besides
the electric power used for the operation
of the mills, a large amount will be used
for irrigation pumping in the raising of
the beets.
The importance of the rice industry
in California from an agricultural view-
point is hard to realize. The industry has
giown by leaps and bounds since hav-
ing passed the experimental stage on the
Government experimental farm in the
vicinity of Biggs, seven years ago. From
that time the increase has been rapid.
From 1400 acres in 1912 to 6000 acres
in 1913, 15,000 acres in 1914, 28,000 acres
in 1915, 72,000 acres in 1916, and approx-
imately 80,000 acres in 1917. This acre-
age is divided approximatelv as follows:
Butte County 30,000 acres, Glenn 10,000
acres, Colusa 14,000 acres, Yolo 14,000
acres, and Sutter and Yuba 12,000 acres.
The rice industry is an assured busi-
ness now as the crop pays and pays well,
and this is the real test of success. The
irrigation for rice in the Sacramento Val-
ley is divided into two periods; first, the
rice is irrigated from four to eight times
without having the water standing on the
field. When the rice is about six inches
high, which is from four to six weeks
after planting, the fields are then flooded
to the depth of about six inches, which
is kept on the field until the rice is ma-
tured. The total length of the irrigation
season varies from 150 to 190 days. When
the heads are turned down and properly
filled the water is turned from the field
to permit of harvesting. The minimum
amount of water used on any field ap-
pears to be about 4.27 acre feet per acre
and the maximum amount being approx-
imately 14.83 acre feet per acre, the
amount depending on the nature of the
soil.
Considerable care is required to prop-
erly harvest the crop as it should not be
cut until it is well matured, that is, until
the heads are all turned down and the
kernels have begun to harden. The har-
vested rice is then left in the shock from
ten to fourteen days or longer, if the
weather is not warm and dry, and thus
prevent heating from too much moisture.
Great care is required to thoroughly dry
rice after it is cut.
Rice growing calls for another kindred
industry, that of milling. Several large
mills have been erected within the past
three or four years at various points
from Chico to San Francisco. The rice
is handled directly from cars and is au-
tomatically carried through various proc-
esses which remove the bran and deliver
to the separator, thence to the stones
which remove the hull and then to the
machines for taking off the polish. The
bran and polish find a ready sale as stock
food, it being high in nutritive values.
From these initial operations the rice
proceeds through the mill and is cleaned
and graded for the various markets. The
fancy rice receiving a polished coating,
produced by treatment with a mixture of
glucose and pure talc, while being re-
volved. This coating is said to prevent
deterioration and gives the rice a clean
white appearance.
There is market to spare for all the
rice this State can grow. Rice is the
greatest of all cereal crops. All of the
rice grown at the present time in this
country, including nearly 1,000,000 acres
in the Southern States, is but a fraction
of 1 per cent of the world's crop. It is
estimated that no less than 300,000 acres
of California land is available and suit-
able for the growing of rice, and consid-
ering the small amount of labor required
in growing and harvesting the crop, to-
gether with the threatened shortage of
the world's food supplies, it would ap-
pear that the rice industry in California
will continue in its phenomenal growth.
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Our "Pacific Service " Rifle Club
Shoot No. 2
By GUY A. HAUKKR, Eleclriciil Dislrilmtion Departinoiit, San Francisco District
T
I HE 1917 season of rifle practice was
officially and enthusiastically opened
by about sixty members of the Pacific
Service Rifle Club at Fort Barry on Sun-
day, March 25, 1917.
Tlie boys started the day of pleasure
at 8:00 a. m., boarding the U. S. Army
transport "Slocum" at the Transport
Docks, foot of Laguna Street. The land-
ing was made at Fort Baker and from
there about forty-five minutes of hiking
brought them onto the Fort Barry Range.
This range is very prettily located in a
ravine which is just wide enough to ac-
commodate twelve sets of targets. It is
possible to fire 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or
1000 yards. The butts are at the upper
end of the ravine and are closely hedged
in on three sides by a high rim of hills.
The firing point is movable, being located
at any of the above distances from the
butts, according to the range desired. In
addition to the twelve sets of targets just
mentioned there are eleven auxiliary sets
which may be used at 200 or 300 yards
while firing goes on at
500 or 600 yards on the
main targets. This makes
it possible for a large
number of men to fire
during a day.
The guns used were
those furnished to the
dub by the War Depart-
ment, through the Na-
tional Rifle Association,
namely, 32-30 caliber
"Krag" rifles. Since our
hist shoot on the Manza-
nila Range these rifles
have been shipped to the
arsenal at Benicia and
have been equipped with
Model 1901 sights, which
sight has an adjustable peep and a wind-
age scale in addition to the usual open
sight. Slings have also been attached to
the rifles. These two additions made it
possible to do much more accurate shoot-
ing than formerly, as a comparison of
scores will show. In consideration of the
fact that most of the men participating
are new at the game, the showing made
was very creditable.
The course was that recommended by
the N. R. A. for marksmen. It consists
of firing five shots slow fire and five shots
magazine, or time fire, at 200 yards from
each of four positions; prone, squatting,
kneeling and standing. Everybody fired
twenty rounds at slow fire first and then
the cycle was started over again for mag-
azine fire at which thirty seconds is
allowed for each five rounds from each
of the four positions. The experience
gained at the first shoot, which was held
last December, was manifest in the atti-
tude and behavior of everyone present
and in the ease with which things were
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Pach ic Service Magazine
407
kept moving. This was
a very important factor
in the day's enjoyment
for all parlies concerned,
because without prompt
obedience to instructions
issued by the range offi-
cers it would have been
almost impossible to put
the large number of men
present through the en-
tire course.
The large number of
clubs actively interested
in rifle practice in the
San Francisco Bay Dis-
trict makes it necessary
that two or more clubs
use the Fort Barry range
on the same day, as this
is the only range available at this time.
In order that the best results may be ob-
tained a league including practically all
of the clubs in this vicinity has been
organized with the express purpose of
furthering and encouraging in everv wav
Oil the firing line.
The rifle range at Fort Barry.
possible rifle practice by civilian rifle
clubs. This league of clubs has appor-
tioned the use of the Fort Barry range
to all the clubs now actively interested.
We have been allotted the fourth Sunday
in each month for the four months of
March, April, May and
June, and we are to share
its use on that day with
the Key System and Oak-
land rifle clubs. We can
consider ourselves very
fortunate that we are so
allotted because our. first
shoot of the season was
proof that we were with
excellent sportsmen, will-
ing workers and in every
way congenial fellows.
We are very glad to note
the interest shown by the
ladies, and the services
they rendered in scoring
were most welcomely re-
ceived.
Each shoot can be
made as pleasant a day's
outing for the ladies in-
terested in "Pacific
408
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Service" as it now is for the men, and
we hope that a large number will make
the trips with us. Every member of the
clul) is looking forward expectantly to
flu- future shoots with the determination
to better his mark, and when the final
sununary of all competing clubs in this
vicinity is made the "Pacific Service"
club will be found well up toward the
top of the list. The scores follow:
Slow
Name Fire
Caiifield, G. H 97
Monroe, R. A 98
Hagar, G. H 93
Barker, G. A 89
Mel. W. B 92
Austin, E. C 90
Carpenter, S. E 91
WelllnK. O. F 88
Merrick, CB 86
Murphy, E. N 81
Svlvcster. A 87
RoKcrs, E. A 84
Sljepanica, V. N 87
Hilderhrandt, E. H 79
Maclntyre, A. D 81
Thomas, G. M 80
Spandau, H. D 83
Neiihart, A. P 84
Rheinhardt, F. J 75
Jeppesen, A. M 88
Parker, J 80
Maslin, F. I 86
Magazine
Fire
Total
94
191*
85
183*
86
179*
88
177*
Si
174*
80
170*
78
169*
80
168*
76
162*
80
161*
73
160*
75
159*
7i
159*
76
155*
74
155*
71
151*
68
151*
67
151*
75
150*
62
150*
68
148
6 '2
148
Slow
Name Fire
Hood, C. E 87
Berger, E 68
Akers, S 75
Harpersberg, F 79
Patty, L. H 80
(Campbell, M. F 66
Vargas, V. H 73
Robinson, R. W 72
Rose, M. C 69
Gerrish, R. A 71
Brace, H. W 82
Stein. L. R 65
Lanford. C. W 76
Walsh, J. W 76
Vincent, W. G 67
Dreyer, W 67
Lindblat, W. N 78
Laddish. H. J 71
Phelps. C. A 62
Schneider. W. R. S3
Nichols. G. W 63
Hornberger. C. L 67
Van Erkelein, H 51
Eastwood. C. A 37
Warren, C. C. 66
Lily, E. R 53
Courtier, E 49
Shea. C. T 50
Ruzzell, J. W 42
Conens. J. F 50
McGonigle. J. D 32
Crowley, M. C 14
Jory. J. S 57
Hillebrand, W. A 80
Byrnes, T. J 8
Magazine
Fire
Total
60
147
77*
145
60
144
65
144
64
144
75*
141
68
141
62
134
61
130
59
130
47
129
63
128
51
127
50
126
57
124
50
117
38
116
43
114
50
112
58
111
48
111
42
109
54
105
64
101
33
99
43
96
42
91
28
78
36
78
14
64
24
56
26
40
♦Note — Qualified as marksmen with 150 total score;
or 75 magazine fire.
Ill tlic butii liiiK liic ])iii)iucd for the coiniiKiiul "Duwii:"'
Pacific Service Magazine
409
Our "Pacific Service" Employees Association
At the Oakland meeting on the evening
of March 27th about two hundred and
fifty members and friends of our Asso-
ciation had the pleasure of listening to
Colonel John P. Irish, who delivered an
instructive address in the Ivorv ballroom
of the Hotel Oakland. "The"^ Outlook"
was the subject chosen by the speaker,
who, among other things, emphasized the
importance of the young man owning his
own home, and pointed out that the sta-
bility of the community was based on
home ownership. Success in this life, he
declared, was attained only by close at-
tention to duty, and the man who won
was the man who worked and was loyal
to his organization.
A splendid musical program was pro-
vided, including selections by the Ala-
meda County Glee Club and Orchestra
and solos by Messrs. Oliver and Mills.
The individual members of these organ-
izations are to be commended for their
good work. Mr. Harry Bell also enter-
tained the audience by some clever feats
of magic.
"The Crime of a Nation — Carelessness"
was the subject of an illustrated address
by Mr. R. J. Cantrell, property agent,
given before a crowded house at Elks'
Hall, San Francisco, Tuesday evening,
April 10th.
Mr. Cantrell's interesting paper traced
the history of fire from the primitive
days to the present time. In order that
the fire menace could be more readily
comprehended, the speaker showed,,
among other charts and tabulations, the
fire losses in the United States for the
past forty years. This loss was equiva-
lent to about 417 first-class battleships at
$15,000,000 each. The annual fire loss in
the United States for the last ten years
amounted to $230,000,000, or, as the
speaker put it, the loss of a $4000 resi-
dence every ten minutes.
The first recorded municipal action for
fire fighting in America was in New York
in 1()59, when leatlier buckets, a supply
of fire ladders and hooks were purchased,
and a tax of one guilder (38 cents) per
chimney was imposed against each house-
holder for fire equipment purchases. To-
day the National Board of Fire Under-
writers has promoted and established
standardization laboratories in Chicago
and Boston, where all classes of fire pre-
vention apparatus are thoroughly tested
before being authorized for the purpose
designed. Dealing with the subject of
legislation, Mr. Cantrell told his audi-
ence that the destruction and loss in life
and property in the United States had
now become so enormous that unless
individual and collective means were
taken to stop it that there was surely
coming a time when drastic laws were
going to be passed and enforced. In
some states this action had already been
taken, he said.
In reviewing the history of fire fight-
ing in our company, Mr. Cantrell pointed
out that by the very nature of our busi-
ness, full returns could not be obtained
from old-line fire insurance. In accord-
ance, therefore, with a policy dating
back to 1907, and after a careful survey
had been made, the amount of fire-fight-
ing equipment was increased.
Tabulations and charts were exhibited,
giving a summary of company fires, and
it was pointed out that the methods fol-
lowed by the company are as far as
possible those laid down by the National
Fire Protection Association. In closing
the speaker explained the features of the
efficient chemical fire extinguishers and
called for the co-operation of all the
employees in reducing the number of
fires to a minimum.
Several reels of moving pictures were
shown depicting up-to-date methods and
equipment in a large eastern factory for
fighting fires.
A musical program was provided by
the San Francisco District Orchestra and
San Francisco District Quartet.
Watch Us Grow
No less than one hundred and sixty-
three new members were added to the
roster during the past month. This
brings the total membership of the asso-
410
Pacific Service Magazine
cinlinn lo date up to eight hundred. Fol-
lowing is the list of new members since
last issue:
J. W. Ahcrn, House HealinK Dopl., S. F. Dist.;
B. P. Anderson, Contruot Depl.. S. F. Dist.; Leon F
Aslon. Collection Dcpt., S. F. Dist.; Kdw. J. Angelo,
Rookkcopini; Dept., S. F. Dist.; Frank Arena, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; John D. Atkinson, Book-
keeping Dept., S F. Dist.; Frank P. Austin, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
Oscar W. Baker, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Phillip S. Beel, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; O. Bloom-
field, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; T. Barker, Collec-
tion Dept., S. F. Dist.; Walter J. Brown, Transpor-
liition Dept., S. F. Dist.; Jas. W. Banbury, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; A. F. Boggs, Bookkeeping
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Bennett H. Bowley, Sr., Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; T. Brooks, Bookkeeping
Dept , S. F. Dist.; Edw. S. Burdick, Bookkeeping
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Thos. J. Byrnes, Bookkeeping
Dept.. S. F. Dist.; Edw. H. Behan, Auditing Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; R. J. Brown, O. & M. Dept., Oakland;
F. J. Berghauser, O. & M. Dept.. Oakland.
Thos. F. Chuck, Jr., Transportation Dept., S F-
Dist.; Albert M. Clark, Transportation Dept., S. F-
Dist.; Harold Clerc, Transportation Dept., S. F-
Dist.; Wm. L. Connor, House Heating Dept , S. F-
Dist.; E. H. Corbelt, House Healing Dept., S. F-
Dist.; W. 1. Crossett, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.;
C. R. Cathcart, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; G. W.
Collins, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; E. T. Crosby,
Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; M. T. Coghlan, Collec-
tion Dept., S. F. Dist.; John Cronin, Collection Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Wm. Conway, Collection Dept., S. F.
Dist.; Chas. H. Cavanaugh, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F.
Dist.; Wm. G. Chaplin, Jr., Bookkeeping Dept., S. F.
Dist.; Gordon Clark, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Fred F. Collins, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; M. C.
Crowley, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Jas. Cruise,
Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; C. J. Carew, Auditing
Dept., S. F. Dist.; J. W. Cook, Auditing Dept., S. F.
Dist.; W. S. Condon, Contract Dept., S. F. Dist.;
B. D. Dexter, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; Edw. A-
Dunne, Auditing Dept., San Francisco; Frank J.
Doud, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; Jas. Dixon, Col-
lection Dept., S. F. Dist.; A. W. Dickieson, Collection
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Dudley T. Davis, Bookkeeping
Dept., S. F. Dist.; E. J. Dooley, Bookkeeping Dept..
S. F. District; John H. Donovan, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Theodore J. Davie, Auditing Dept., S. F,
District. »
Gerald Elliott. Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.;
\V R. Ernst, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.
T. C. FVonmuller, Laboratory, San Francisco; M. D.
Field, Auditing Dept., San Francisco; J. A. Fryer, Jr..
O. & M. Dept., Oakland; J. O. Farnsworth, O. & M.
Depl.. Oakland; Geo. Fleissner, Transportation Dept..
S. F. Dial.; A. E. Flagg. Collection Dept.. S. F. Dist.,
P. A. Fitzgerald, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; John J.:
F'argiie, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; John Fitzgerald,
Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; John T. Fitzhenry,
Jr., Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Chas. L. Floyd,
Bookkeeping Depl., S. F. Dist.; Raymond J. Francoeur,
B(K>kkceping Dept., S. F. Dist.
M. F. GaUagher, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; F A.
Gunner, Elect. Distr. Dept., S. F. Dist.; R. H. God-
frey, Industrial Dept., S. F. Dist.; Robert Gilroy.
Transportation De t., S. F. Dist.; C. W. Gray, Con-
tract Dept., S. F. Dist.; C. F. Goodwin, Collection
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Gewirtz, A., Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Adolph Gudehus, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. District.
Oscar M. Hager. Gas Mfg. Dept., Oakland; S. B.
Harris, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; R. B. Howe, Collec-
tion Dept., S. F. Dist.; R. W. Hammond, Transpor-
tation Dept., S. F. Dist.; A. G. Hanton, Contract
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Walter W. Haiden, Bookkeeping
Dept., S. F. Dist.; Alec Hailes, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; S. Hertz, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Ernest W. Hueter, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Ernest F. Hooper, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
John J. Hore, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
I. R. Jacobs, Contract Dept., S. F. Dist.; H. A. L.
Jones, Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.; J. E. Jacob-
son, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; Percy F. Jewett,
Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.
C. E. Knott, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; John Krug.
Alameda Office, Alameda; Cedric Kasten, Bookkeep-
ing Dept., S. F. Dist.; Edmond 1. Keating, Bookkeep-
ing Dept., S. F. Dist.; John J. Keith, Bookkeeping
Dept., S F. Dist.; King, P. J., Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Sidney B. Knoph, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Peter H. Krone, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. District.
Miss Rosa E. Lamont, Drafting Dept., San Fran-
cisco; Robt. L. Lukens, Contract Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Jas. E. Leary, House Heating Dept., S. F. Dist.; John
G. Lawler, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F Dist.; Elroy M.
Lindsey, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; R. H. Lou-
don, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
F. D. Mcintosh, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; L. M.
Morrill, Bookkeeping Dept., Oakland; C. M. Merlin-
jones. Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.; H. D. McNab.
Jr., Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.; Thos. S. Moore,
Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; M. H. Moore, Collection
Dept., S. F. Dist.; P. J. Morrin, Collection Dept..
S. F. Dist.; Spencer Moore, Contract Dept., S. F.
Dist.; J. A. Marshall, Jr., Contract Dept.. S. F. Dist.;
Arthur L. Mace, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Chas. E. MansGeld, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Walter V. McAvoy, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Leslie C. McCallum, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
A. B. McDonald, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.;
M. A. McEvoy, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; John
D. McGonigle, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Edw.
L. Moon, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Jas. B.
Moran, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. District.
A. P. Newhart, Elect. Distr. Dept., San Rafael;
Geo. F. Nisbet, Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.;
Clifford H. Noyes, Bookkeeping Dept., S F. Dist.;
D. J. O'Brien, Collection Dept.. S. F. Dist.; Daniel
O'Connell, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; C. A.
O'Connor, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
V. Pilcovich, Gas Distr. Dept., Oakland; F. J.
Pazak, Land Dept., San Francisco; John T. Piper,
Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; Edw. Peabody, Collec-
tion Dept.. S. F. Dist.
David H. Rountree, Sales Dept., San Francisco;
David Rees, Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.; Louis
J. Ravani, Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
J. H. Souter, Olfice, 13th and Clay, Oakland; E. R.
SablaUchan, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; C. Seibt.
O. & M. Dept., Oakland; Miss Julia J. Small, Sales
Pacific Service Magazine
411
Dept., San Francisco; E. M. Szczepanski, Elect. Gen.
Dept., S. F. Dist.; M. Sullivan, Transportation Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; R. A. Smith, Contract Dept., S. F. Dist.;
A. Sharman, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; B. Slieehan,
Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; A. B. Sylvester, Collec-
tion Dept., S. F. Dist.; L. F. Sericano, Collection Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Harry J. Smallwood, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Harry C. Smith, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Augustine J. Somers. Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Scott H. Stewart, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.; Francis X. Suters, Bookkeeping Dept.,
S. F. Dist.
D. W. Talcott, Collection Dept.. S. F. Dist.; F. E.
Tompkinson, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; H. G.
Towle, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; M. L. Taylor,
Transportation Dept., S. F. Dist.
Wm. M. Vallette, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.
Geo. J. Wheat, O. & M. Dept., Oakland; D. W,
Wallace, Collection Dept., S. F. Dist.; Wm. Wilson,
Transportation Dept, S. F. Dist.; Miss L. Wempe.
Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Edw. W. Wentz,
Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; John F. Weymouth,
Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Sidney White, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; John W. Willis, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; Robt. E. Wright, Book-
keeping Dept., S. F. Dist.
Tennis Activities of the Association
To Members of the Pacific Service Em-
ployees Association:
The Pacific Service Emplojees Asso-
ciation has appropriated $100 to cover
tennis activities for the year 1917. The
following tennis committee has been ap-
pointed by the Chairman of the Athletic
Committee of the Pacific Service Em-
ployees Association:
W. G. Vincent, E. B. Henley, E. A. Wey-
mouth, I. C. Steele, E. E. Dodge.
All tennis activities supported by the
Employees Association are, of course,
confined to members of that Association.
The committee here\vith submits its plans
for our first Inter-District tournament for
the year 1917. As our funds are limited,
railroad fares only will be provided for
participants. This schedule as listed will
be an elimination tournament divided
into first and second halves for the fol-
lowing districts:
Santa Rosa
Napa
Solano
Sacramento .
Chico. ,
Placer
Drum. . .
Nevada.
Redwood
San Jose.
Winner 1st Half
Alameda "I
Contra Costa. . /
Winner 2nd Half
The balance of the tournament will be
between the Head Office, San Francisco
District and the winners of the above
first and second halves who will be
drawn against each other in the usual
manner. Each district team to be com-
posed of two men, matches to consist of
two singles and one double comprising
three points, the team winning two of
these three matches to be declared win-
ner of that particular contest. Teams
representing districts to be chosen by
May 1st. Semi-finals will be played on
or before June 1st. The above District
Elimination Tournament to determine
who enters the Semi-Finals to be played
by June 1st. The Semi-Finals and Final
Round to be played June 10th on courts
which will be selected later. Prizes will
be awarded for the winner of the Semi-
Finals and Final Round.
The Committee asks your co-operation
in making this affair a success.
We w^ould like to announce at this
time that the Association's 7th Annual
Singles Tournament for the handsome
silver loving cup will be played on local
courts some time in August, 1917. This
cup becomes the permanent property of
the person winning it three times. The
following are the successful contestants
to date: E. E. Dodge, 1911; R. E. Parr,
1912; E. E. Dodge, 1913; I. C. Steel, 1914;
V. H. Jones, 1915; R. A. Monroe, 1916.
This is the most important tennis tour-
nament of the year and indications show
that matches will be very close and ex-
citing, as most all of our players are prac-
ticing for this event. It will be our
pleasure to publish, in a later issue, more
details.
412
Pacific Service Magazine
The Fireside Sentiment Realized
With 'Radiantftre'
\\\ v.. \l. (.OUHKI'T, Manager House Heating Department, San Francisco District
TF^HERE is a certain amount of senti-
I ment about an open fireplace. I
believe, bowever, tbat tbis sentiment
is not due so mucb to tbe lirepbice itself
as to tbe elfect tbat Nve get from tbe fire.
Tbis etrecl is brouglit about by radiant
beat. Radiant beat is projected tbrough
tbe atmospbere from an incandescent
mass, and carries tbe warmtb directlv to
that body upon wbich tbe radiating heat
waves fall. It is radiant beat tbat strikes
you through a train window when you
pass a burning brush heap. On a zero
day when tbe air is biting cold and the
sun's rays which have traveled through
some ninety-five million miles of space
touch your face or hands it is radiant
beat that you feel, and tbis effect you
also get when
standing in front
of a wood or coal
fire.
It is now pos-
sible to obtain
radiant heat from
gas fuel. Tbe old-
style gas logs and
asbestos grates
are practically
failures, and we
bad almost given
up tbe hope of
realizing the fire-
side sentiment
with gas as fuel,
but now with
the contrivance
known as "Radi-
antfire" we have
discovered at last
something that
equals if not sur-
passes the open
wood or coal fire-
place, Tbe ac-
companying cut
gives a fair idea
of tbe system, but
to truly appre-
ciate its beauty
and effectiveness
you must see and
feel it in opera-
tion. Then you
will agree that it
brings back the
sent! m e n t and
satisfies the long-
ing for tbe cheery
firt'place without
tbe drawbacks of
dust, dirt and in-
convenience.
Pacific Service Magazine
413
The Financial Side of ''Pacific Service
')•)
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
WE present below prelimiDary income account statement for the month of
March and for the three months ended March 31st; also Statement of Con-
smners by Departments at March 31st.
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Month of March
1917
1916
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
$ 833,554.06
662,365.21
85,565.31
$ 804,114.10
640,865.39
70,179.36
$ 29,439.96
21,499.82
15,385.95
Gas Department
Other Departments. .
Total Gross Operating Revenue
Expenses:
Maintenance
*
$1,581,484.58
$ 97,895.99
690,340.96
90,178.19
20,000.00
104,166.66
$1,515,158.85
$ 108,767.12
592,740.57
76,869.46
19,000.00
104,166.66
$ 66,325.73
$ 97,600.39
13,308.73
1,000.00
$ 10,871.13
Operating and General
Taxes
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollectible
Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
Total Expenses
$1,002,581.80
$ 901,543.81
$ 101,037.99
Net Earnings from Operation
$ 578,902.78
43,883.22
$ 613,615.04
32,920.37
$ 10,962.85
$ 34,712.26
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales and
Other Miscellaneous Income
Total Net Income
$ 622,786.00
342,421.92
$ 646,535.41
324,041.23
18,380.69
$ 23,749.41
Bond Interest
Balance
$ 280,364.08
15,413.12
$ 322,494.18
14,431.59
981.53
$ 42 130.10
Apportionment of Bond Discount and
Expense
Surplus
% 264,950.96
123,498.79
$ 308,062.59
112,958.89
10,539.90
% 43 111.63
Dividends (accrued) on Preferred Stocks . . .
Surplus (Unappropriated)
% 141,452.17
$ 195,103.70
$ 53,651.53
♦Includes $29,068.49 in dispute, account of Rate litigation, in 1917, and $31,497.23 in 1916.
414
Pacific Service Magazine
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Three Months — January 1st to March 31st
1917 1916
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
$2,634,678.45 $2,606,049.19
2,087,663.22 2,052,888.19
258,522.07 218,970.31
$ 28,629.26
34,775.03
39,551.76
Other Departments
Total Grass Operating Revenue
* *
$4,980,863.74 $4,877,907.69
$ 102,956.05
Expenses:
$ 287,717.45 $ 275,245.10
2,127,236,87 1,852,189.60
268,427.10 232,251.23
60,000.00 57,000.00
312,500.00 312,500.00
$ 12,472.35
275,047.27
36,175.87
3,000.00
Reserve for Casualties and Uncollectible
R*»«p»rv'p fnr Oenrpciation
$3,055,881.42 $2,729,185.93
$ 326,695.49
iVpf PjirniniTs from Oneration
$1,924,982.32 $2,148,721.76
96,366.44 150,460.38
$ 223,739.44
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales and Other
54,093.94
Total Net Income
$2,021,348.76 $2,299,182.14
994,691.66 977,204.75
....
17,486.91
$ 277,833.38
JB&dance
$1,026,657.10 $1,321,977.39
46,229.08 43,294.77
2,934.31
$ 295,320.29
Apportionment of Bond Discount and
Surplus
$ 980,428.02 $1,278,682.62
$ 298,254.60
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*Includes $91,811.62 in dispute, accoimt of rate litigation in 1917 and $100,749.23 in 1916.
Statement of Consumers by Departments at March 31st
March
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
.list
Department
Departmerjt
Department
Department
Total
1907
104,675
44.507
5,317
154,499
1908
123,472
55.822
5.579
184.873
1909
131,414
63,572
5.826
200,812
1910
140.830
72,594
6.431
219.855
1911
154,812
89.556
6.966
6
251,340
1912
178,627
105.060
7,547
143
291.377
1913
196.793
119.203
7,439
233
§23,668
1914
209,476
135.188
8,657
301
353.622
1915
222,830
153.731
9.119
352
386,032
1916
226,438
167.973
9.473
385
404,269
1917
234,109
181.130
9,889
413
425,541
Gain in 10 years
129,434
136,623
4,672
413
271,042
Pacific Service Magazine 415
REPORT PRESENTED AT STOCKHOLDERS' iMEETING,
APRIL 10, 1917
By Mr. A. F. Hockenbea]vier
\ ice- President and Treasurer
On December 31, 1916, your Company was owned by 7,880 stockholders, of whom
^2,719 were women and 4,713, or sixty per cent, of the total, citizens of CaUfornia
owning $27,946, 742, or very nearly one-half of our entire stock capitalization. During
this year 617 sales of first preferred stock aggregating $1,123,100 were made to
t iistomers and others living within our territory. Since this stock was first offered
about two and one-half years ago, we have sold $14,553,000 worth, of which $7,313,400
or more than fifty per cent of the total, was purchased by our employees, customers
and others hving in our territory.
From a financial standpoint the results of the past year may be regarded as having
been quite satisfactory. In comparing the 1916 earnings with those of the preceding
year, it should be borne in mind that in 1915 we received a large temporary revenue
from the Exposition, amounting to $391,000 within the Exposition grounds and to a
very considerable but unknown amount outside of the Exposition grounds. Not-
withstanding the cessation of this temporary Exposition revenue our gross business
increased by $85,000. If we eUminate the San Francisco district from the
comparison, the increase in our gross business in all other districts was more than
$623,000.
Our net income, after charging up all operating expenses, taxes, depreciation and
other reserves (except reserve of $352,000 for revenue involved in pending rate legis-
lation) was $8,316,000, or more than twice the amount necessary to pay our bond
interest. There was left of this after the payment of bond interest and the annual
amortization of bond discount, $4,298,000 for the payment of preferred stock divi-
dends. Dividends on both classes of preferred stock, amounting to $1,374,000,
absorbed a Uttle less than one-third of this amount, leaving a balance — or what may
appropriately, from the standpoint of the preferred stockholders be termed, a "margin
of safety" for their dividends — of $2,924,000. Every business has its ups and downs.
This is unavoidable. However, if fundamental conditions are sound, recovery will
follow reaction and, taking a series of years, steady progress should be shown. It is
therefore interesting to observe that in no one of the eleven years of the Company's
history have its gross earnings ever gone backward, nor have its net earnings after
the payment of bond interest ever shown a temporary decline of more than one-fifth
of this margin of safety.
From the balance of $2,924,000 remaining after preferred dividends there was
paid $1,708,000 in dividends on the common stock, at the rate of five per cent,
leaving a balance of $1,216,000 of which $352,000 was carried to a reserve account
for revenue involved in pending rate htigation and $808,000 to sinking Fund Reserve.
We included in our operating expenses $1,250,000 for depreciation and $1,125,000
for ordinary maintenance, or a total of $2,375,000 dedicated to keeping the properties
in good condition. Out of every $100 of gross, we set aside in 1916, $12.42 for main-
tenance and depreciation, as compared with $12.41 in 1915. In the eleven years of
your Company's corporate history it has expended more than twelve million dollars
for maintenance, and has appropriated more than sixteen miUion dollars for depre-
ciation, a total of more than twenty-eight million dollars or an average of more than
two and a half million dollars per annum.
416 Pacific Service Magazine
Tn this eleven-year period your Company earned over and above its bond interest
$.'37,371,000, of which three-fourths was retained in the business and only one-fourth
paid to stockholders in cash dividends. This $37,371,000 was disposed of approxi-
mately as follows:
To retire bonds $7,837,000
Reinvested in property 9,918.0C0
For replacements and rehabilitation 9,279.000
Cash dividends 9,324,000
Other purposes 1,013,000
Total $37,371,000
At the close of the year reserves created for various contingencies held the follow-
ing balances, all of which were reinvested in the business:
For depreciation $3,003,000
For insurance and casualties 87,000
For uncollectible accounts 132,000
For earnings in Utigation 1,566,000
Total $4,788,000
During the year the purchase of the public utility properties of the Oro Electric
Corporation was practically consummated, although formal transfer of the prop-
erties was not made until March of this year.
The net cost of plant additions during the year was $3,658,000 (not including
Oro Co. purchase), making the total expended for new construction and the acqui-.
sition of other properties since the organization of your Company in 1906, $60,153,000.
In these eleven years your Company has sold, either directly or through its bankers,
securities of the aggregate par value of $83,44.4,000. Of the proceeds, aggregating
$73,261,000, the major portion was expended for the enlargement and improve-
ment of your Company's facilities and the remainder for the payment or refunding of
capital obligations. This money was, in a large measure, gathered and brought
to California from all of the world's principal money markets and the figures will
convey some idea of the part taken by your Company in the industrial development
of the State.
Bonds outstanding in the hands of the public increased during the year by
$1,024,000 and preferred stock by $1,365,530.
Our expenses and taxes in 1916 increased $353,000 causing a decHne in net
operating revenue of $138,000. This upward tendency of costs has become decidedly
more marked since the first of the year. The cost of practically everything entering
into the products and service which we have to sell has advanced in price, and in
many items to an unprecedented degree. As a matter of fact, the purchasing power
of a dollar with respect to the bulk of the material entering into our maintenance,
replacements, construction and operations has been cut in two, and at present prices
it requires about two dollars to do the work formerly performed by one. We have
selected twenty-nine representative articles in common use in our gas and electric
departments, and taking the actual quantities of these bought by us in 1916 and
applying to these quantities prices prevailing before the outbreak of the war, prices*
a year ago and prices now prevailing, obtained the following results:
Cost at prices in .January, 1914 $ 617,000
Cost at prices in January, 1916 796,000
Cost at prices in January, 1917 1,242,000
The foregoing tabulation is exclusive of oil, which has gone up more than 50
per cent and at present prices will cost us about a million dollars more in 1917 than
it cost in 1916.
Pacific Service Magazine 417
It will be noted from the foregoing table that between January 1914 and January
1916 there was an average advance in the cost of materials of !29%, and between
January 1916 and January 1917, a further advance of 72%, the total advance for
the entire period of three years being 101%. Since this compilation was made,
prices have gone up still more. There is no pubhc regulation to limit the prices and
profits which we are compelled to pay for the materials and supphes essential to the
manufacture and distribution of our products.
In 1910 our taxes were $383,000. In 1916 they were $973,000, an increase of
$590,000 or 154% in five years. During this period gross revenues increased 35%
and net revenues 50%. During the present year there will be a further increase in
our taxes, irrespective of any increase brought about by larger earnings or by "war
taxes": (a) of about $40,000 due to the doubling of the federal income tax; (6) of
about $20,000 due to the new federal stock capitalization tax; and (c) of about
$65,000 due to the increase in the State's gross revenue tax from 5.25% to 5.60%.
We have excluded from this calculation the third and latest form of federal tax,
generally known as the excess profits tax, which is stiU an unknown quantity and in
view of the financial requirements imposed upon the Government by the war will
probably be modified to produce a much larger revenue than under the act as it
now, stands.
In the last six months of 1916, following the subsidence of the reactionary influ-
ence upon our business of the closing of the Exposition, we made a net addition of
14,879 customers. In the first three months of 1917 the net addition was 3,747,
making a total for the nine months ending March 31, 1917, of 18,626. These figures
indicate that our business is again increasing at a normal rate, and we are confident
that the growth of the future will fully equal that of the past and that the new money
invested in our business during the last five years, coming pretty close to twenty -five
millions of dollars, is a fair measure of the additional investment that we will have to
make in the next five years. As a matter of fact, taking only the more important
items of work, we have today more than two million dollars worth of construction
under way. It has aways been your company's policy to put into its business what-
ever new money was required to provide the additional facilities necessary to prop-
erly and adequately serve the public, and it will undoubtedly continue this policy to
the full extent of its resources. It is obvious, however, that the ability of any utility
to attract new capital depends upon its credit, and credit is chiefly a question of the
difference between income and outgo, that is, whether, after paying maintenance,
operating expenses and taxes and setting aside adequate reserves for depreciation
and other contingencies, there is enough left to pay interest and dividends with a
margin amply sufficient to safeguard the investor's income and approximate the
margin of safety earned upon other securities offered to investors in competition.
In view of the tremendous demands about to be made by the Government on loanable
funds, new capital for private enterprises will for some years unquestionably cost
more and be more difficult to obtain. Symptoms of this are already in evidence in
the general decline in investment bonds, postponement of new financing, or in the
substitution in new financing of temporary for long-term obligations. In the circum-
stances of higher taxes and higher costs for practically everything that enters into
their products, including new capital, it is essential that utilities be permitted to
recover these greater outlays in their rates unless development is to be arrested or
brought to a standstill.
Our annual report, of the financial section of which the foregoing is a brief resume,
is now in the hands of the printers, and will be distributed to our stockholders in the
near future. It is indicative in a minor way of the difficulties experienced in obtain-
ing many of our materials and supplies that the paper for this report, which was
ordered five months ago, will not reach us until the first part of JNIay. Ordinarily
it would have reached us in about thirty days. Incidentally, the cost is about twice
as much as it was before the outbreak of the war.
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Pacific Service Magazine
pacific S>erbice iWaga^ine
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOHN A. BRITTON - - - - Editor-in-Chief
FREDERICK S. MYRTLE - - Managing Editor
A. F. HOCKENBEAMER - - Business Manager
Issued the middle of each month.
Year's subscription $1.50
Single copy 15
Published by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
at 445 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires
to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
Any consumer not satisfied with his service
will confer a favor upon the management by
taking the matter up with the district office.
Vol. VIII
APRIL, 1917
No. 11
EDITORIAL
Some interesting data upon "Pacific
Service" activities during the past year
were brought out in the report of Vice-
President and General Manager John A.
Britton to the annual meeting of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company's stock-
holders April 10th.
Constructional activities during the
year represented a net expenditure of
$3,658,745.89. This included the raising
of Lake Spaulding dam to a height of 2C0
feet and the completion of Halsey and
Wise power developments. The addition
of thirty-live feet to the Spaulding dam
cost $185,000 and enabled the impound-
ing of an additional 23,000 acre feet of
water. "Cost about $8 per acre foot — a
iiitherto unknown economical price,"
staled the report. The expenditure on
the Halscy-Wise development was $1,-
683,510, and as the plants have a com-
bined installed capacity of 33,500 horse-
power their cost represents only $50 per
horsepower. The entire Drum-Halsey-
Wise development is estimated to have
cost $141 per horsepower. Later, as oc-
casion demands, it is proposed to com-
plete this South Yuba-Bear River develop-
ment by the addition of approximately
40,000 horsepower in installed capacity
to the Drum power plant and the con-
struction of an intermediate plant at a
point between Drum and Halsey of about
40,000 horsepower capacity.
So that, when fully completed, this
development will contribute approxi-
mately 150,000 horsepower to the "Pacific
Service" system, which at the present
time consists of eleven hydro-electric
plants and three steam plants with an
aggregate installed capacity of 261,595
horsepower. The total supply of electric-
ity delivered on the system during 1916
was 768,304,907 horsepower, an increase
of 42,589,387 over 1915. Of this total 55.1
per cent was delivered from the hydro-
electric plants, 21.2 per cent from the
steam plants, and 23.7 per cent from
purchased power.
The diversity of "load" in the electric
department is shown by the following
figures in round numbers: mining, 35,000
horsepower; agricultural, 63,000 horse-
power; railways, 55,000 horsepower;
manufacturing, 139,000 horsepower; mis-
cellaneous service, 50,000 horsepower;
total, 342,000 horsepower. The balance
between that and the company's total
connected load on the system of 599,343
horsepower is represented by the con-
sumption of electricity for lighting pur-
poses, 287,580 horsepower.
The company acquired during the year
the properties of the Oro Electric Cor-
poration. It expects to derive consider-
able revenue from these, and there is a
potential hydro - electric development
which promises to be of great value when
the time comes for exploiting it.
In the Gas Department 134 miles of
street mains were added to the system,
which now has a total of 2779 miles, sup-
plying 196,818 services and 245,829 me-
ters. From the various plants there was
sold a total of 8,174,000,000 cubic feet of
gas during the year, at an average of 2982
cubic feet per month per consumer. New
construction work was done, notably in
San Jose and Oakland, and the total
expenditure during 1916 for plant exten-
sions in the Gas Department was $1,-
113,653. There are now forty-nine gas
holders in use, having a capacity of
20,886,000 cubic feet, and on the distribu-
tion system there are 471 miles of high-
pressure mains.
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419
The Electric Generating Department
lused 745,954 barrels of oil during 1916,
and the Gas Department 1,773,087 barrels.
With the increased price of oil it is esti-
imated that this item on the company's
ilist of operating expenses for 1917 will
)be $1,000,000 in excess of what it was last
year. The company hopes to offset this
las well as the increased cost of materials
lUsed in operation, maintenance and con-
struction by the practice of strict econ-
lomy in all departments and the acquisi-
tion of new business.
The Sacramento Street Railway system
showed a decided improvement during
the year, the number of passengers car-
ried and the revenue showing approxi-
mately 10% per cent increase. The total
number of passengers carried during the
yyear was 10,044,428.
The Water Department system pos-
^sesses, in addition to the supply from
the various hydro-electric developments,
tfour pumping stations, with 115 miles of
main, supplying 2,000,000,000 gallons of
s water per annum. The total storage ca-
pacity in water on the entire system is
6,372,398,950 cubic feet, or 47,792,992,125
gallons, an amount sufficient to supply
the city of San Francisco at her present
I rate of consumption for a period of 950
days.
Mr. Britton's report, then, showed that
i in its facilities for serving the public our
company has progressed to a creditable
I extent during the past year. It is in line
'With the established "Pacific Service"
i policy of meeting the consumer half-way,
I the only policy that is really worth while.
! The annual report of Treasurer A. F.
'I Hockenbeamer will be found epitomized
! in this issue. Certain features of it invite
editorial attention. It is more than sat-
isfactory to note that the company's net
income for 1916, after charging up all
operating expenses, taxes, depreciation
and other reserves, was $8,316,000, or
more than twice the amount necessary to
pay our bond interest; that after pay-
ment of bond interest and the annual
amortization of bond discount there was
: left $4,298,000 for the payment of pre-
. ferred stock dividends amounting to
1 $1,374,000; that out of the $2,924,000 re-
[ maining there was paid $1,708,000 in
dividends on the common stock, leaving
i a balance of $1,216,000 to be carried to
reserve accounts. The report shows that
during the eleven years of the company's
corporate history it has expended more
than $12,000,000 for maintenance and has
appropriated more than $16,000,000 for
depreciation. In this eleven-year period
the company has earned over and above
its bond interest $37,371,000, while it has
expended for new construction and the
acquisition of other properties $60,-
153,000. It has sold, either directly or
through its bankers, securities of the
aggregate par value of $83,444,000 and
has expended the greater portion of the
proceeds in enlargement and improve-
ments of service and the remainder in
payment or refunding of capital obliga-
tions. Truly a brave showing!
There is one feature of Mr. Hocken-
beamer's report, however, that calls for
serious consideration. It is that while
the cost of practically everything enter-
ing into the manufacture and distribution
of the company's products has advanced
materially and is still advancing, yet,
unlike other manufacturers and mer-
chants, our company may not increase
its prices. "As a matter of fact," states
the report, "the purchasing power of a
dollar with respect to the bulk of the
materials entering into our maintenance,
replacements, construction and opera-
tions has been cut in two, and at present
prices it requires about two dollars to do
the work formerly performed for one.
. . . Our business is increasing at a
normal rate, and we are prepared to
make the necessary investment to pro-
vide the additional facilities to meet this
giowth. It is obvious, however, that we
must be permitted to earn a reasonable
margin of profit if the company's credit
is to be sustained so as to permit it to
give good and adequate service and to
continue contributing its share to the
development and future prosperity of the
State."
Surely there is food for thought in this.
Why should the business of a public-
service corporation be held difi'erent
from that of any private commercial
enterprise which takes fluctuations in
cost of production, taxes and other vital
matters into consideration in regulating
its prices to the consumer?
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Alameda District
A. G. Mitchlcr, the gracious cashier, is
making a study of California missions.
He invited G. B. Furniss to take a Sunday
auto trip to visit San Juan. They secured
tlie necessary permission from their re-
spective wives for a day's absence. So
the two made an early start that hey-day
Sunday. It was a cold morning, so the
car reached San Jose at a respectable clip,
llie boys began looking for John Kuster
— you can't think San Jose, or prunes,
without thinking of John. The office was
finally reached, but no sign of John. The
place was closed. John evidently was at
Sunday school, — maybe. The highway
was hit again with the soft pedal. It be-
came quite windy, so Mitch remarked, in
an offhand way, as the side curtains be-
gan to flap and whistle. He also sand-
wiched the thought that the fleeting wind
gave a delusive appearance of speed to
the car; but it was just the fast wind
going by. The car careened and lurched
which brought the comment that the
wind is severe even on good cars. Mitch
looked some anxious and asked Furniss
if he had any money. What he saw
proved to be an ordinary citizen with a
cap. Finally San Juan was reached with-
out any delay or interference.
Those familiar with San Juan know
the charm of its beauty. The mission
reposes on a crest of land overlooking a
deep fertile valley, stretching far to the
south. Through this valley, and winding
up the slopes, came the well-beaten path-
way over which the weary pilgrims
wended their way in holy travel. To the
north lay the wrecks of an old orchard
where pear, apple and olive trees stand
ragged and weather beaten from the
grim ravages of some 110 years. The
Irantjuility appeals to the imagination of
the visitor and the i)ast romantically
holds his reflections. He fancies it all,
even to the setting of guitar music and
the clink of castanets. The boys were
no exception. The priest added the fin-
ishing touches by piloting them- through
the historic !)uildings. He told them of
San Juan being the largest of California
missions, and as he led them through the
long dark nave he pointed down at th<
floor tiles, remarking about lion's foot-
prints. After leaving the mission thti
boys went over to the town tavern foi
the promised real Spanish dinner. Th€
tavern keeper was in coat sleeves and
white apron. Mitch called him by first
name. To call a hotel man by first name
is some entree. Mitch had him bufTaloed
Furniss kind of mentioned Mitch by name
and the host caught it quick. Then Mitch
introduced his friend Furniss. San Juan
Inn is famed for its Spanish dinners.
The building is an adobe built in th^
1700's. The first course was enchiladas
• — there was no mistaking it was Spanish;
pepper hot in temperament. The whole
bunch of peppers evidently fell in, leav-
ing none for the remaining courses which
soon came along mild and respectable.
On the trip home Mitch said they were
only tickling the machine; that's why she
rolled. Furniss suggested they might stop
at San Jose to see John; he might be back.
Mitch remarked that San Jose was back;
passed it a good spell ago. Mitch con-
fided that there was no better car made
than the one he was driving. By that
time the boulevard highway was reached
and the eternal procession of machines
became annoying. These had no rights,
so Mitch felt. Then he smiled. He as-
sumed a clip of some twenty-five mi Us
per hour to the rear of the first fellow
ahead. Then Mitch swerved out to the
left; Furniss got dizzy; the speedometer
hit one hundred or so, and then Mit< h
cut back in ahead, and dropped back [>>
twenty-five per, though nothing had ha])-
pened. The next obstructionist got tlic
same. Mitch concluded he could get to
lead a grand march as well as Jack Pape.
Mitch should get that automatic cutin
patented. His guests might feel better if
it were insured. Mitch is a careful
driver. It is a four-hour run; he made
it with some minutes to spare. Mitch
says there was no real speeding. Furniss
says to ask Mitch. You now have it all.
Al a. Meda.
The Pacific Service tennis grounds, lo-
cated at Fifty-first and Shattuck Avenue,
Oakland, are open to all employees and
Pacific Service Magazine
421
Ithcir friends at all times. Now is your
opportunity for outdoor sports. Begin-
iners welcomed. No fees or dues.
The month of March is an epoch in the
Electric Distribution Department. W. W.
Gay, Jr., was announced and E. G. Mc-
Cann smiles with the proud addition to
his family of a daughter. Congratula-
tions.
The Globe Foundry and Manufacturing
Company is a new pump works to estab-
lish itself in West Berkeley. The spe-
cialty is a high-grade valveless pump
that sells on merit.
The electric interests of the East Bay
cities have a monthly get-together lunch-
eon at the Commercial Club, Oakland
I Hotel. This brings the jobber, dealer,
contractor and power company together
I in mutual understanding.
Fresno District
I
"Pacific Service" booth at the Fresno Pure Food Show.
The Fresno Pure Food Household Show
given by the Retail Grocers Association
for the ten days ending March 31st was
by far the most successful exhibit of this
kind ever held in this district.
The City Auditorium with its over
35,000 square feet of floor space made
an ideal hall for the show providing
ample room for the fifty-odd booths. A
special musical program was given on
the new pipe organ on the opening night
and this was followed by dancing on the
balcony. Each day and evening there
were special features by the business
organizations, fraternal societies and
clubs as well as attractions by the indi-
vidual exhibitors. The baby show at-
tracted unusual attention and interest.
The baking contest arranged by the
Fresno Herald included a prize given by
the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company. This was
a tank heater with free
connections and was
awarded the person mak-
ing the best angel food.
Mrs. D. D. Allison was
the successful contestant.
"Pacific Service" booth
was particularly attract-
ive with its compact and
simple outlines. The
Rector Heating System
commanded the greatest
interest and the demon-
stration of its operation
was almost continual.
Many inquiries were also
answered relating to the
other appliances. The
generous use of gas
lamps, arcs and other-
wise made this booth at
night the brightest spot
in the auditorium.
Mrs. Dwelle, supervis-
ing demonstrator, as-
sisted by Mrs. Seaver,
was in attendance.
Another entire exhibit
was devoted to gas ranges
and water heaters, by the
Fresno Hardware Com-
pany.
Gas was used for many
purposes in the various
booths and included a
cofi'ee roaster and revolv-
ing bake oven.
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Pacific Service Magazine
The average daily attendance was 5000
people. A great crowd filled the hall on
the closing night to witness the public
wedding of a local couple. The demon-
stration accorded them was loud and
long.
M. L. Neely.
Marysville District
In the face of a threatened food fam-
ine in California and the action of the
State Legislature calling on all county
assessors to make at once an authorita-
tive inventory of foodstuffs available or
in storage in every county in the State,
G. W. Harney made public a compilation
of statistics showing the fruit, dairy,
grain and vegetable production last year
on the 162,000 cultivated acres of Yuba
County.
Since the beginning of this year sev-
eral thousand additional acres have been
planted to staple vegetables, but the fig-
ures compiled by Harney will form the
basis for the output investigation to be
begun by County Assessor Tom Bevan,
who is clothed by law with full power to
compel growers not only to make full
report of the amount and value of their
crops but, also, to render accurate state-
ments regarding the amount of foodstuffs
held in storage on the call of buyers.
The report of Harney shows that of
Yuba's total acreage of 400,000 acres,
102,000 are under cultivation. A large
part of the uncultivated area, he says, is
used for pasture of cattle. Of the culti-
vated area, the greater part is planted to
grains, as is shown by these figures:
alfalfa, 4145 acres; barley, 87,345 acres;
wheat, .31,945 acres; oats, 9640 acres;
corn, 275 acres; hay, 8194 acres. The
production of beans during the last year
was 15,000 sacks or 1,500,000 pounds.
"These figures," states Harney, "could
easily be expanded to 60,000 sacks of
100 pounds each by clearing and using
the river bottom land not now in use."
Harney also comments on the 1916
potato crop which yielded only 500 sacks.
"These potatoes were dug from small
patches in mountain valleys, river bot-
toms and ranch gardens," he says, "and
were most used for the tables of the
producers or sold in the home markets.
Potato production could be largely ex-
panded by working this crop in espe-
cially suited places along with beans and
rice, where moisture would be available
If this were done it would be possibl
for Yuba County to send 10,000 sacks t'
the larger markets and a handsome profi
would be returned to the producers."
The cucumbers raised in Yuba las
year totaled 1000 tons, according to th*
figures presented by Harney, while 50l
tons of other vegetables were raised
The four Yuba creameries last year, ac
cording to the report, had a total outpu
of 500 tons of butter. The growing pre
duction of rice in the county is one o
the most hopeful signs pointed out bil
Harney. In 1916 there were 2500 acre;
of Yuba lands planted to rice. This acre-
age averaged thirty sacks an acre, maki
ing the total rice production for the lasi
year 75,000 sacks, of 95 pounds each.
"At least ten times this acreage could
be put into rice on the Sierra loam lands
(red dirt) in Yuba County," declare:^
Harney, "as an abundance of water ca
be obtained on these lands by pumping
with electric power from shallow, inex
haustible wells. The power now is avail
able and the capacity of the wells has
been fully tested."
The estimate of the quantity of fruii
sold and exported by Yuba County or
chardists, not including the home con
sumption, was given by Harney as fol-
lows: Almonds, 100 tons; apples, 10,000
boxes; apricots, 100 tons; berries, 100
tons; cherries, 25 tons; figs, 200 tons;
grapes (raisins), 200 tons; grapes (table),
750 tons; grapes (wine), 2500 tons;
grapefruit, 250 boxes; lemons, 5 cars;
olives, 750 tons; oranges, 30 cars; peaches,
1500 tons; pears, 80,000 boxes, plums,
300 tons; walnuts, 20 tons; other fruits,
200 tons. The estimate of livestock on
the Yuba farms last year was as follows
Poultrv, all classes, 30,000 head; dairy
cattle, 3000 head; beef. 7000 head; swine,
8000 head; sheep, 12,000 head; horses,
3000 head; mules. 3000 head; goats, 1000
head.
In case of war the storehouses of Sut-
ter County would yield enough stored
provisions to keep a pretty large army
"marching on its stomach," as Napoleon
said, all armies march for at least one
long day. C. E. McQuaid, county asses-
sor, has compiled the following figures
showing the amount of produce stored
in Sutter warehouses:
Total amount of produce in the ware-
houses, 6,239,665 pounds, divided as fol-
lows: Rice, 2.113,407: beans, 1,725,175;
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»arley, 1,170,258; raisins, 528,950; Egyp-
tian corn, 513,585; wheat, 121,545; alfalfa
ecd, 8461, and milo seed, 4284.
A contract has been signed by the Yuba
Manufacturing Company of Marysville
ind the Santa Fe Dredging Company of
.iolden, New Mexico, for the construction
*)y the local manufacturing company of
I 1000-ton dredge, costing $170,000. It
ivill have a six-foot capacity. The work
will start in August and will be com-
ibleted by November. All the machinery
will be constructed in the local shops.
The hull, which will be of wood, will be
constructed at the site of the dredge. A
iarge crew of local mechanics will go to
Golden to assemble the machinery and
get the dredge in working order.
1 Four carloads of Yuba Ball tractors
.were shipped out of Marysville recently.
There were eight tractors in the ship-
ment.
Despite the recent heavy frost, Sutter
:County apricot growers are confident
Ithey will get a big crop this year. Al-
mond growers also are optimistic, while
(the peach men are sure of bumper crops.
All varieties of grain are doing well, say
experts.
"It looks like a big peach crop. And
with peaches selling at the prices now
ibeing offered, some big returns will be
imade by Sutter growers.
"All sorts of grain crops are looking
fine."
many years used as a relief holder and
long since become inadequate, was of but
60,000 cubic feet capacity and of a brick
tank construction. It was built forty-four
years ago, in 1873, by the Citizens' Gas
Light and Heat Company, at that time an
opposition company to the Sacramento
Gas Company. These two companies
were later consolidated into what was
known as the Capital Gas Company,
which later was absorbed by the Sacra-
mento Electric Gas and Railway Com-
pany. This company, in turn, in more
recent years was taken over by what is
now known as the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company.
The new tank to be erected is of
200,000 cubic feet capacity and was built
by the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company in 1905 at Martin Station gas
works, just over the line in San Mateo
County, and was one of the two relief
holders erected in connection with two
16-inch Jones oil-gas sets. These were
about the first pure oil-gas sets of any
size to be used on the Pacific Coast and
were erected primarily to manufacture
gas to operate four 6000-h. p. Snow gas
engines for the then San Francisco Gas
and Electric Company. The holder is
being dismantled at Martin Station and
will be shipped to Sacramento and re-
built on a concrete and pile foundation
now in place ready to receive it at the
Sacramento Gas "Works.
Noticeable activity in the Smartsville
drift mines indicates that the promoter.
Superintendent Sydney B. Wood, has met
with encouraging results in his develop-
ment work. More miners have been
added to the force. An electric light-
ing plant has been installed for lighting
the mill, hoist and blacksmith shop.
Acetylene lights are to be used under-
ground.
This mine is situated on the unworked
portion of the once famously rich Blue
Point hydraulic mine.
J. G. POINGDESTRE.
Sacramento District
The authorization of a $30,509.66 ex-
penditure in the Gas Department for a
new relief holder at the Gas Works marks
the relegation to history of anoflier of the
old landmarks. The present holder, for
The district has just completed and
placed in service, at a cost of $2200, a
new garage building. The structure was
erected facing Twenty-ninth Street join-
ing the storeroom building between M
and N streets, in the same block with the
car barns and shops. The building has
a brick front carrying out the same gen-
eral scheme as the storeroom building,
with galvanized ii'on roof and side walls
and concrete floor. The building, 40x80
feet, one story, is laid out so that it may
be added to in the future at a minimum
cost and without hampering the regular
work in the yards and buildings.
The Physicians' Building at the north-
east corner of Tenth and K streets is to
be reconstructed, added to, and modern-
ized. The building permit, specifying an
expenditure of $92,839, has already been
issued for this improvement which will
add materially to the skyline of upper
K Street.
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Three luindred Sacramento business
men and members of the Legislature
gathered at a ban([uet March 29th in the
lUiiol Sacramento to do honor to Con-
gressman (^has. F. Curry on the eve of his
departure for Washington. In addition to
Congressman Curry there were present
among the speakers Covernor Stephens,
John P. Irish, and Congressman John I.
Nohin of the Fifth District. Mr. Curry
touched on the national situation and
voiced to a great extent the same ideas
wliich President Wilson has since made
world-wide in his address to Congress.
Among other things Mr. Curry said:
"There are worse things than war — the
sacrifice of honor, liberty and integj'ity.
Better poverty stricken and free than
roll in wealth and submit to the suzer-
ainty of another power. Some of the
present generation seem to think that
freedom is natural. It is not. No people
ever acquired liberty but by the sword.
No people ever retained liberty when
they lost the power to defend that liberty,
and no people ever should. The liberty
we enjoy is a new thing in government.
It dates from the Revolution. It cost mil-
lions of dollars and thousands of lives,
and it is our duty to transmit it to pos-
terity undiminished. Our nation was
born in blood, baptized in blood and
cemented in blood.
"May we never see the time when for
our national anthem, the 'Star Spangled
Banner,' shall be substituted that ragtime
dittv, "I Did not Raise Mv Bov to Be a
Soldier.' "
Sacramento Supply District
FLAG RAISINO BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
APRIL 2, 1917
On Friday, March 30th, at 12:30, Law-
rence Spinetti shulTlcd into a crowd of
his fellow workmen, with the remark,
"You are a great bunch, got no flag flying
over the shop." There and then started
the movement which seventy-two hours
later terminated in a most impressive
ceremony.
The program was carried out without
a hitch. Captain George lialdwin deliv-
ered a stirring address which carried
conviction to his hearers and received
well-merited applause. "First call, col-
ors" was then sounded, giving time for
the flag men to reach the tlag mast.
"(>)lors" was next sounded, and to the
inspiriting strain of the bugle the flag
in a roll was hoisted to the mast head.
Just as the last note of the bugle died
away, the lashings were released an^
"Old Glory" floated out in the stronj
southeast wind, giving us a message o^
confidence and good cheer. As the beaui
tiful colors sprang into view, the singer
rendered the "Star Spangled Banner," ac-
companied by such of the audience whose
vocal cords were not temporarily closed
with emotion. One of my boys told me
afterwards "Funny, ain't it, it makes
something come right up in the throat."
Captain Baldwin then presented Mr.
William Kinz, our tool-room boy who
had enlisted the day before, with a small
token of regard from his fellow em-
ployees. After the presentation, "Anur-
ica" was sung, and the pretty and touch-
ing ceremony was over.
E. B. Kinz and L. Spinetti volunteered
their services in putting up the mast.
This, as will be noted by the accompany-
ing illustration, is mounted on top of a
brick stack 150 feet high, attached to the
building of the Sacramento Supply Dis-
trict. E. B. Kinz, 48 years old (or young)
climbed the stack eighteen times on the
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ilfternoon of March 31st, and three times
before 8:00 a. m. on April 2d. This was
[incidental to doing most of the mechan-
ical work in connection with mounting
the flag mast. In so far as possible, he
.was assisted by Spinetti, Costa and Booth,
who also climbed the stack several times
each. E. B. Kinz is shown in the picture
on top of the stack. The picture was
taken by R. Trowbridge, of the Gas De-
ipartment. Our flag measures eight feet
by fifteen and we are proud of it.
E. C. Wescott.
San Joaquin District
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
its system, equipment and service sup-
plying stockton with pure water
Comparatively few men realize the
commanding influence an ample supply
of good water has on the growth and
prosperity of a city. No community can
■expand beyond the limits of its water
•resources, and all large cities in this
country and elsewhere in the world are
"Within easy reach of abundant fresh
water. In most cities the great problem
is to efTiciently distribute to consuniers
water from sources readily accessible
and practically unlimited in quantity — in
•Stockton the problem was to secure water
:l for distribution.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
; which since I'OOG has been supplying
!• water to the residents of this city, has
I- spent an enormous amount of money in
[I perfecting its system in order to render
[I unexcelled service to consumers.
I The water supply for Stockton is de-
li rived from twenty-six wells, varying in
I diameter from twelve to twenty inches,
j and in depth from 200 to 1000 feet, in-
suring a great plenty of pure water for
present needs and for future demands of
a population increased to many times the
i present population of this city.
The water system of few cities of sim-
ilar size possesses physical equipment
capable of meeting without burdensome
expense to the consumer so large a per
capita consumption as that of Stockton.
The pumping plants of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company at the present time
are established at three stations in widely
separated districts of the city, and are
located as follows:
At Station No. 1 there are four pumps,
two 6,000,000-gallon centrifugals, each
one operated by a 250-horsepower motor
at one end and a steam turbine at the
other, and two steam pumps, one of
6,000,000 and the other of 4,000,000 gal-
lons' daily capacity, making a total pump-
ing outfit of 22,000,000 gallons daily at
this station.
At Station No. 2 there are two centrif-
ugal pumps with a daily capacity of
4,000,000 and 2,000,000 gallons, respec-
tively, which are operated by electric
motors, while at Station No. 3 there is
one centrifugal pump of 1,000,000 gallons'
daily capacity, and a second well and
pump of equal capacity has been author-
ized for this station in 1917.
The combined daily capacity in pumps
of all the stations is 29,000,000 gallons,
which means a dual capacity allowing
one-half for use and one-half for emer-
gency. The distributing system consists
of forty-five miles of cast-iron mains
from four to twenty inches in diameter
and nearly an equal mileage of wrought-
iron mains. There are on the system
7225 service connections and the system
provides water for 365 fire hydrants and
340 sewer flushes, as well as for the gen-
eral commercial and domestic uses of the
city.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
prides itself not only on its system, its
equipment, its service and the pure water
which it furnishes, but upon the beauty
of its properties. Stations No. 1 and No. 2
being specially attractive.
The Stockton office of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, is located at 123
South Sutter Street.— Stockton (Cal.) In-
dependent, April 1, 1917.
— ^ <«
Yolo District
Experiments are being conducted by
Professor J. E. Dougherty of the Poultry
Division of the University Farm School
at Davis to determine to what extent arti-
ficial lighting will cause hens to lay more
eggs. In an article printed in the Davis
Enterprise of March 24th, it is announced
that by using two 50-watt lamps for each
one hundred hens for an average of six
hours per day, an increase of from 20 to
60 per cent of eggs was obtained during
the winter months. The lights were
turned on at the following hours: from
5:15 a. m. until daylight, and from dusk
until 9:00 p. m. These results were no-
ticeable within a short time after the
artificial light was used. There is a
small increased cost for food and a small
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ifoiu of cost for lifiliting, but this is small
conipared with the increased revenue
when eggs are selling ;il liie prices ordi-
narily obtained during the winter months.
A cooking school was conducted by
Mrs. Carrie E. Dwelle in the Community
Club House in Woodland during March.
The demonstrations were advertised to
show how to reduce the high cost of
living. The lessons given along those
lines showed how good but cheap foods
could be prepared and combined for
cooking to best advantage. A large card-
board dial was made to represent the
hands of a meter, and by means of this,
lessons were given on how to read a gas
meter. The housewives evinced a great
deal of interest in the school, which was
shown by the fact that close to one hun-
dred attended each day. On the last two
days a display was made of gas ranges.
Another big pumping plant is being
installed to supply a new tract of the
River Farms Company for rice irriga-
tion. This will be operated by two
150-h.p. motors operating pumps under
a relatively low head. About 10,000 acres
of land will be irrigated from the plant.
The town of Davis voted by a three-to-
one majority for incorporation at an elec-
tion held in March. Davis is a town of
about seventeen hundred inhabitants, and
from a standpoint of size should have
been incorporated years ago. The town
has made rapid progress during the last
few years, most of the growth having
resulted from the expansion of the Uni-
versitv Farm School.
J. W. CooNS.
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Redwood District
The following letter received from a
consumer in reference to the service
supplied him at the Alameda de las
Pulgas, near Redwood City, bears evi-
dence that "Pacific Service" does not
always labor in vain:
San Francisco, Mar. 20, 1917.
Pacific Gas and Flectric Co.,
.310 Broadway, Redwood, Calif.
Cientlemen : —
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
draft for i^oLlM), as per bill herewith,
which I return to you receipted.
I must express my appreciation of your
prompt adjustment of this matter, and
feel that at this time it is only proper
that I express myself regarding the serv
ice which we have been receiving. So
satisfactory and valuable have we found
the service, that I do not hesitate to state
that had the investment which I origi-
nally made been ten times the amount,
without any expectation of a refund, I
should consider the investment war-
ranted, and would have made it most
cheerfully.
Again thanking you for the promptness
above referred to, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
C. L. Bonestell.
The following G. M. estimates have
been approved for Redwood District:
$2,519.11, covering gas main extension
in San Carlos.
$3,245.85, covering gas main extension
in Belle Air Park, San Bruno.
$4,641.39, covering the re-arrangement
of lines in the vicinity of Atherton to
improve service conditions.
$71,875.00, covering replacing of the
old 4-inch main between San Mateo and
Redwood with 8-inch main in order to
take care of the increased business in
this territory.
E. W. Florence.
Solano District
The present high price of junk copper
has caused a renewal of activities among
copper thieves, and the irrigating plants
of our consumers along Putah Creek be-
tween Dixon and Winters have again
been visited. The 30-h. p. plant of Sny-
der Bros, and the 50- and 20-h. p. plants
of T. S. Glide were the latest scenes of
their depredations.
These plants were visited at night re-
cently, and in the first instance they
removed all the copper from the starting
compensator, while at the Glide plants
they stripped not only the starting com-
pensators but, also, two of the company's
current transformers, took down all the
wiring in the pump house and even one
span of the 11-k. v. line wire. This latter
they discovered to be iron and therefore
left same on the ground. It is estimated
that about seventy-five pounds of copper
was the result of their efforts.
The plants despoiled are located at
some distance from each other and also
from the residences of the owners, and
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the thieves evidently were provided with
means of transportation and, also, from
the character of their work were men
familiar with electrical apparatus. Other
consumers in this territory whose plants
have been disconnected for the winter
have been warned and the company is
taking steps by which it is hoped to pre-
vent a recurrence of thefts of this
character.
The following improvements in the
Dixon Water Works system have been
approved and work will be prosecuted
shortly :
Extension of 6-inch main on First
Street north under the Southern Pacific
tracks to tie-in with present 6-inch main
on the north side of the Southern Pacific
right of way with a view to improving
pressure conditions in that section of
the town.
Extension of 2i/->-inch main on Mayes
Street between Second and Third streets
completing a tie-in of the 6-inch mains
on First and Third streets w'ith a conse-
quent improvement in pressure in that
section.
Replacement of present piping under
the water works tanks and water proof-
ing of the tanks to prevent leaks.
It is estimated that the above improve-
ments will require an appropriation of
§1,500.00 and will do much toward main-
taining "Pacific Service" in the Dixon
water supplv.
F. L. Mix.
San Francisco District
Considerable building activity has been
shown on lower Market Street in the
construction of several fine buildings,
which will be supplied with power and
lighting by the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company. One of these is the Santa Fe
twelve-story office building at Second and
Market streets, with a load of 300 k. w.
Tlie California Theater at Fourth and
Market streets will require 280 k. w. for
lights and 160 k. w. for power, while the
Southern Pacific Building, ten stories
high, having a frontage on Market Street
for the enire block between Spear and
Steuart streets, will have a connected
load of 500 k. w. for power and 350 k. w.
for lighting.
an employee of the Electric Distribution
Department, San Francisco District, to
Miss Regina Crowe, of Clinton, Illinois,
on March 21, 1917. Congratulations are
extended.
At numerous locations throughout the
city, the street lighting system has been
improved by changing the arc lamps to
Mazda units. They have been changed as
follows: Valencia Street from Market to
Mission, multiple arcs to 400-c. p. Mazda
bowl refractor units; Mission Street from
Thirtieth Street to the county line, series
arcs to 600-c. p. Mazda band refractor
units; Columbus Avenue from Washing-
ton to Beach, arcs to 600-c. p. Mazda band
refractor units.
A portion of the street lighting system
has been completed in Westwood Park,
the unit consisting of a Marbelite post
surmounted by a 250-c. p. series Mazda
lamp enclosed in an 18-inch spherical
globe.
Mr. Joseph Shaska, of the Electric Dis-
tribution Department, and Miss Margaret
Brady, of Oakland, were united in matri-
mony on Saturday, March 31, 1917. They
will make their home at 1508 Taylor
Street, San Francisco.
Word has been received of the mar-
riage of Mr. C. E. Corrington, formerly
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
— AND—
Pacific Coast Gas Associa-
tion Library
During the month of March we re-
ceived 62 pamphlets which cover the
following subjects: 22 commerce re-
ports; 40 miscellaneous.
The bound books are as follows: Re-
port of the Water Supply Commission of
Pa., 1915; Transactions of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXXX,
Dec. 1916, donated by Mr. John A. Brit-
ton; Second Report of the State Engineer,
Phoenix, Ariz., to the State Highway
Commission, 1914-15 and 1915-16; Hall of
Records Power Plant — Report and Dis-
cussion of Physical Test and Costs of
Operation and Maintenance, City of N. Y.,
donated bv Mr. J. P. Baloun: American
Architect, ' Vol. 109 — January to June,
1916; General Electric Review. Vol. 19,
1916, Parts 1 and 2.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1229; Pamphlets, 4179.
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Pacific Service Magazine
Recently Authorized Additions and Betterments
Alameda Count ij — For installation of
an additional 18-foot 9-inch Improved
Jones Oil Gas Generating Unit, with all
necessary auxiliaries and building at Gas
Station "B," Oakland. To take care of
rapidly increasing load, .?125,000; for in-
stallation of a 10-inch steam line from
Station "C," Oakland, to Eleventh and
Washington streets, and a 6-inch line
from there to a point east of Broadway;
also 6-inch line on Washington Street
from Eleventh to Fourteenth streets.
To supply steam for the steam heating
system, $54,233; for installation of an
850-k. w. rotary converter at Station "A,"
Oakland, including extensive alterations
and improvements in wiring and elec-
trical equipment, $10,885; for installa-
tion of nineteen 250-c. p. all-night elec-
troliers, and twenty-seven 250-c. p. mid-
night electroliers on East Fourteenth
Street from Chumalia to Maud avenues,
San Leandro, $3309; for installation of a
distribution substation at Alvarado, and
for additions and improvements to elec-
tric distribution system in vicinity of De-
coto substation, in order to take care of
increasing load and improve voltage con-
ditions, $21,928; for making alterations
to barn at Hearst Street and McGee Ave-
nue, Berkeley, in order to make it suitable
for use as a garage for companv auto-
mobiles, $2092; installation of two 600-h.
p. second-hand Stirling boilers, and one
new 822-h.p. Stirling boiler at Station
"C," Oakland, including stacks, breech-
ing, steam lines and auxiliaries, in order
to supply steam for the street mains of
the steam-heating system, $78,825.
Eleclra — For increasing transformer
capacity at Old Eureka Mining Com-
pany's plant to take care of increased
load, $5451.
Fresno — For construction of a brick
addition to the warehouse at 1111 G
Street, $3025; for construction of a brick
garage at Fresno, for housing the com-
pany's automobiles, $3592.
MarifuviUe — For making extensive al-
terations and imiMovements at the gas
generating plant at Oroville, in order to
improve the service and put the plant in
a condition to operate more econom-
ically. This plant was recently acquired
from the Oro Electric Corporation.
$2595; for the reconstruction of the New
York substation recently acquired from
the Oro Electric Corporation, and for
tying in the power system of the Oro
Electric Corporation with that of the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Trans-
formers now at the Oroville substation
to be moved to New York substation, and
the Oroville substation to be abandoned;
$24,209.
Placer — For construction of approxi-
mately seventeen miles of single-circuit
telephone line along Bear River canal
from Adams Forebay to 7-mile post, and
taps to ditchmen's cottages, for use in
communication between powerhouses
and stations along the ditch, $3777.
San Joaquin — For installation of a 25-
h. p. vertical motor to drive a 15-inch
well pump at Station No. 3, Stockton,
$2006; for laying a 12-inch water main
on Jackson Street, from Pumping Station
No. 3 to California Street, in order to
provide proper outlet for the water from
the two wells at Station No. 3, $5197.
San Jose — For installation of a 6-inch
gas feeder main from the San Jose gas
works to Julian Street, thence to Stockton
Avenue, thence to Cinnabar Street, etc.,
in order to improve gas service in the
territory west of the Southern Pacific
tracks, $4054.
Head Office — For erecting on the roof
of the old office building, 445 Sutter
Street, San Francisco, a suitable luncli
and lounging room with roof garden ad-
joining in order to provide comfortable
quarters for the use of the women em-
ployees of the General Offices and the
San Francisco District, $4636.
San Francisco — For installation of two
822-h.p. boilers at Station "A," to re-
place three 550-h. p. Heine boilers which
are unsuitable for the pressure carried at
this plant, $60,050; for the installation of
two 800-h. p. boilers complete with stack
and breeching at Potrero gas works.
These boilers will comprise one-quarter
of the boiler capacity in the ultimate plan
of the Potrero works. Needed at this
time to take care of increasing load,
$55,110; for increasing transformer ca-
pacity at the Union Iron Works, Twenti-
eth and Illinois streets, to take care of
increased load, $9900; for building
switching compartments, and increasing
transformer capacity at Union Iron
Works plant. Hunters' Point, to take care
of increased load, $24,260.
Pacific Service Magazine ix
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
DIRECTORS
F. B. Aj^debson John S. Drum John D. McKee
Henry E. Bothin F. T. Elsey John A. McGandless
John A. Britton D. H. Foote G. O. G. Miller
W. H. Grocker a. F. Hockenbeamer Gharles T. Rodolph
F. G. DRxm Norman B. Livermore George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum • • • ; President
John A. Britton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenbeamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. FootE Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. Bosley Attorney
H. BosTWiCK Assistant to First Vice-President
M, H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Gantrell Property Agent
J. P. Goghlan Memager Claims Department
C. P. CuTTEN Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Department
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. JoLLYMAN Engineer Electrical Construction
E. G. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. LiSBEBGER Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Depeirtment
L. H. Newbebt Manager Sedes Department
Geo. G. Robb Superintendent of Supplies
W. G. Vincent, Jr. Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT MANAGERS
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS MANAGER
Alameda County Oakltind F. A. Leach, Jr.
Chico Chico H. B. Heryford
Colgate Colgate Miles Werry
Colusa Colusa R. H. Aver
Contra Costa Martinez Don C. Ray
De Sabla De Sabia LB. Adams
Drum Colfax James Mabtin
Electba Electra W. E. Eskew
Fresno Fresno M. L. Neely
Marin San Rafael W. H. Foster
Marysville Marysville J. E. Poingdestre
Napa Napa CD. Clark
Nevada Nevada City L. H. Hartsock
Petaluma Petaluma H. Weber
Placer East Auburn H. M. Cooper
Redwood Redwood City E. W. Florence
Sacramento Sacramento C. W. McKillip
San Francisco San Francisco Geo. C. Holbebton
San Joaquin Stockton J. W. Hall
San Jose San Jose J. D. Kusteb
Santa Rosa Semta Rosa M. G. Hall
Solano Dixon G. E. Sedgwick
Stanislaus Newman W. A. Widenmann
Vallejo Vallejo A. J. Stephens
Yolo Woodland J. W. Coons
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TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,717,344 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
No. i Population
No. j Population
Electricity
Gas
Water (Domestic)
Railway
127
48
10
1
1,152,402
1,165,677
45,350
75,000
48
2
8
120,431
7,800
17,800
175 1,272,833
50 1,173,477
18 63,150
1 75,000
Place Population
•Alameda 28.000
'Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•-•Amador City.. 900
Angel Island . . 280
Antioch 1.800
•.•\ptos 300
».\therton 250
'-'.Auburn 2,500
'Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2,400
•Ben Lomond. . 800
'Berkeley 55.000
•Bigss 500
Bolinas 200
Broderick 600
'BurlinBame. .. 3.000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1.000
Centerville 850
'Chico 15.000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1.800
•Colusa 2.500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
»- 'Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3.000
Crow'sLanding 300
'Daly City .... 4.800
Danville 400
Davenport 300
Davis 1,700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
'Drytown 225
'Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
'-•Dutch Flat. . . 750
'Eldridge 5U0
Elmira 350
«E1 Verano. . . . 400
Unmarked — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
» — Gas and Electricity.
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVED BY COMPANY:
Place
Population Place
Population
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'F-jirfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folso m
'Forest viUe. . . .
'Fresno
'Gilroy
'Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley. .
'Gridley
Grimes
'Groveland. . . .
'Guerneville . . .
Hammonton . .
'Hay ward
'Hillsborough. .
'HoUister
'- *Ione
Irvington
•- *J ackson
'Kentfield
'Kenwood
Knights Land-
ing
'Larkspur
'- 'Lincoln
Live Oak
'Livermore ....
'Lomita Park. .
'Loomis
Los Altos
'Los Gatos ....
Madison
•Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
May field
'Menlo Park. . .
Meridian
'Mill brae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
3.000
250
250
900
300
300
2.000
225
35,000
2.900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
450
500
3,000
250
500
2,500
6,600
1,050
1,100
225
300
3.S0
2,900
350
500
MokelumneHill
'Morgan Hill. .
Mountain \"iew
Mt. Eden
'Napa. .......
- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
'Newcastle. . . .
Newman
Niles
'Novato.
300
700
2,500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley
'Occidental. . . .
Pacheco
■Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perkins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
'Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa
'Redwood City.
- 'Riclimond ....
Rio \'ista
'Rocklin
'Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
^Sacramento. . .
San Andreas. .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1,500
1,000
3.000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2.500
1,500
560.000
'.San Jose 45.000
'San Juan.
'San Leandro.
San Lorenzo .
'San Martin. .
'3an Mateo. . .
'San Pablo. . .
'San Quentin .
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2,500
Place
'San Rafael
'Santa Clara. . .
'Santa Cruz. . .
'Santa Rosa. . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
'Shell ville
-Sheridan
Smartsville. . .
'Soquel
'.Sonoma
'South San
Francisco. . .
'- 'Stanford Uni-
versity
'Stege
'- 'Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
'-'Sutter Creek. .
Tiburon
'Tres Pines. . . .
'Vacaville
Population
6,000
6,000
13,600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3,200
2,600
600
35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
'-'V^allejo 12,500
•Vineburg.
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
'Watson ville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland. . . .
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335,833
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1,717,344
' — Gas, Electricity and Water. ' — Electricity supplied through other companies.
' — Gas. Elect, and St. Railways. ' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Electricity and Water. ' — Water supplied through other companies.
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by motors on the farms, 7% by manufacturing industries, and
48% in mines, for operating street railways and for miscellane-
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OUR PIT RIVER POWER PROJECT . . . . F. S. Myrtle . . 431
Newest and Biggest Undertaking by Which
"Pacific Service" Proposes to Harness the
Waters of a Northern California Mountain
Stream for the Generation of 200,000 Horse-
power and Upwards of Electric Energy.
SPLIT COIL MEASUREMENTS OF DIRECT
CURRENT LOADS C. B. Merrick . 437
PRACTICAL ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION OF
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PACIFIC COAST SECTION, N. E. L. A. IN
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"PACIFIC SERVICE" ON THE RIFLE RANGE /?. A. Monroe . 446
BASEBALL SEASON NOW IN FULL SWING 448
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AIDED BY "PA-
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OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" ROLL OF HONOR 452
Employees Who Have Enlisted in the Service
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THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF "PACIFIC SERV-
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EDITORIAL 456
TIDINGS FROM TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS 458
OUR "PACIFIC SERVICE" EMPLOYEES ASSO-
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Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. .2d page cover
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Pierson, Roeding & Co iii
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Sprague Meter Go v
Standard Underground Cable Co vi
Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co iv
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Volume VIII
MAY, 1917
Number 12
Our Pit River Power Project
Neivest and Biggest Undertaking by Which "Pacific Service'' Proposes
to Harness the Waters of a Northern California Mountain
Stream for the Generation of 200,000 Horsepower
and Upwards of Electric Energy
By FREDERICK S. MYRTLE
'T^ACiFic Service" has taken another
I stride along the highway of progress
and development. Our company has un-
dertaken the biggest job of its career in
an electric power project that bids fair
to put all its other accomplishments in
the shade when measured by magnitude
of results with proportionate economy of
construction and operation.
Early in the present month the an-
nouncement went out from the presi-
dent's office that the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company had purchased from
the Mount Shasta Power Corporation its
valuable water rights on the Pit River,
in Shasta County, California, and that
the company was arranging to expend
the enormous sum of $17,500,000 in de-
veloping those water rights for the
generation of approximately 180,000
horsepower of electric energy. This, as
will be seen later, was a decidedly con-
servative statement of the material results
expected to be derived from what at first
consideration appeared to be an unusually
large financial undertaking.
The project, as already announced far
and wide through the medium of the
press, involves the diversion of the waters
of the Pit River at what is known as the
Big Bend site, situated about forty miles
northeast of Redding. From that point
the water will be conveyed through seven
miles of tunnel to a site selected for the
power-house. The fall of the water be-
tween the point of diversion and the
point of use is 939 feet, and this, with
an average stream-flow placed by United
States engineers at 2450 cubic feet per
second, will enable the development of
an estimated minimum of 180,000 horse-
power of electricity.
As a matter of fact, our company
expects to do a very great deal better
than that; for some idea of the magni-
tude of this project may be gained from
the fact that 2450 second feet represents
the minimum flow of the Pit River, and
that is available without storage. The
flood flow of this river amounts to ap-
proximately 4000 second feet, and there
is not the smallest reason why our com-
pany should not, when occasion justifies,
make use of this to materially increase
the power development.
The total amount of electricity gener-
ated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany in its eleven hydro-electric plants
located at viarious points in the territory
covered by its operations is, at the pres-
ent time, in round numbers, 156,000
horsepower. So, the value of this new
undertaking will be realized from the
fact that it is proposed to generate at
one single power-plant an amount of
electricity greater than the combined
output of all the other hydro-electric
plants in the "Pacific Service" System.
The Mount Shasta power project, as it
has been called heretofore, is not new to
engineers and others interested in de-
velopment work. It was initiated as
early as 1906, when the water rights were
located and the preliminary work of
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clearing aiui trail building was entered
upon. The territory offers unusual ad-
vantages for power development, for
throughout a drainage area of 4355
s(iuare miles there is a constant process
of underground water storage, due to the
lava formation of the soil; consequently,
the flow of the Pit River is barely affected
by seasons. The engineers identified
with the project re- o r
ported that even stor-
age reservoirs were
unnecessary under
the peculiar physical
conditions.
The headw o r k s
and nearly a mile of
tunnel are located in
the Lassen National
Forest, and it was
necessary to se-
cure permission
from the United
States Depart-
ment of Agriculture
before the work
could be proceeded
with. This permission
was secured, however,
and the Mount Shasta
Power Corporation com-
pleted nearly a mile of the tunnel before,
for various reasons, it found itself un-
able to carry on the work to a definite
conclusion. Hut other interests have been
attracted, and only recently a newspaper
dispatch from Redding announced that
the commercial organizations of the
State had indorsed the Hig Rend site for
the proposed $20,000,000 Government
nitrate plant, and that the War Depart-
ment was expected to investigate at once.
Negotiations for the purchase of the
Mount Siuista Corporation's properties by
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
have been in progress for some time past,
and the latter company's engineers have
surveyed every foot of the territory. Now
the deal is an accomplished fact, and
General Manager John A. Rritton has
issued the necessary autliorily to proceed
with the work of construction. This, it
is estimated, will occupy about five years,
after which period "Pacific Service" ex-
pects to place a supply of electricity at
the disposal of its consumers that should
meet all demands for many years to come.
From the new power-house in Shasta
(bounty the electricity will be conveyed
by steel-power line across countrv to tie
in with the company's other high-tension
lines that end their journey at the bay
of San Francisco. The distances to be
traveled are, approximately: To Sacra-
mento, 160 miles; to San Francisco, 220
miles. The exact voltage at which the
electric current is to be carried along
the wires has not yet been determined,
but it will not be less than 110,000 volts.
Our Mr. John A. Britton, in an inter-
view given the press, stated :
"Some idea of the Pit River's potential
development value may be gathered from
the opinions of engineers, who have not
hesitated to pronounce it the best stream
in the state of California. But its de-
velojjment, so far, has been delayed,
partly for lack of an active market for
its output of electric energy. Then, again,
it lies so far from the distributing cen-
Pacific Service Magazine
433
tcrs that not until recent years have
engineers been able to transmit electricity
at sufliciently high voltage to cover the
distance. The Pit River possesses an
enormous advantage for power purposes
in that its variation in stream How during
difTerent seasons of the year is quite
small. This is due to the volcanic for-
mation of the country through which it
flows on its way to the Sacramento, a
volcanic formation that holds water like
a sponge. This will be appreciated when
I tell you that the minimum flow of the
Sacramento River at Sacramento is 4000
cubic feet per second, and that to this
minimum the Pit River contributes no
less than 2450 cubic feet per second.
"In view of the constantly increasing
demand for electric power for various
purposes, agricultural, industrial, mining
and other, in addition to the domestic
purposes for which it is almost univer-
sally used, the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company has deemed it wise to keep a
watchful eye upon prospective sources of
addition to its electric distributing sys-
tem. The Pit River project is an attrac-
tive one in every way, for it affords us
an opportunity to develop at one point,
in one power-house, an amount of elec-
tric energy more than equal to the present
combined capacities of all the other
power plants, eleven in number, owned
and operated by 'Pacific Service.' The
amount that it will cost the company to
perfect this development appears large
at first sight; but when you measure up
this total cost of approximately $17,500,-
000 with the amount in horsepower of
electricity we will be enabled to place at
the disposal of our consumers you will
see that this entire project represents an
average cost per horsepower remarkably
low for any electric development.
"Furthermore, we calculate that this
expenditure and its result will take care
of our company's needs for from ten to
fifteen years, at the present rate of our
growth. It will take approximately five
years to complete the work, w^hich is
already under way, but when these five
years are up we will be in a position to
meet all demands upon us. Man's inven-
tive genius is ever at work and electric
power has been brought into requisition
in ways undreamed of a few^ vears ago.
Pit River at "The Cottage." Near tunnel intake.
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Pacific Service Magazine
The industrial feature of California's
development is assuming larger propor-
tions every day. Tliis condition has
been brought about by the availability of
cheap electric power. The word has
gone forth that every available acre of
land in California is to be made use of
to meet the food situation; and here,
again, electricity comes into play. I
think, therefore, that the public service
corporations will have need of all they
can manufacture and distribute in the
way of electricity, gas and water in the
years to come."
Work has already begun. Mr. F. G.
Baum, our company's consulting engi-
neer, who built Lake Spaulding dam and
who will boss this new Big Job, already
has men and machinery on the ground
for the construction of two 500-horse-
power electric plants, one at each end of
the tunnel, and it is estimated that the
first two years will be devoted to nothing
but excavating work. The power plant
installation will be the last item on the
construction program. To again quote
Mr. Britton:
"When the Wise power plant was con-
structed we installed the very largest
and most modern water wheel up to then
perfected. This wheel has a generating
capacity of 18,500 horsepower. Our
engineering force tells us that it is quite
possible that by the time we are ready
to purchase the necessary water wheels
for eciuipping the plant at Big Bend,
wheels will be manufactured with a gen-
erating capacity of 30,000 to 40,000 horse-
power. In fact, Mr. Baum expects the
water wlieel and generator units to be
about r)O,O00-k. w. capacity. This is no
idle dream, since they are already man-
ufacturing for steam plants units of
SO.OOO horsepower. Electrical science is
progressing now by leaps and bounds.
Ten years ago an efliciency of 70 per
cent was considered excellent, whereas
our Wise installation has an efficiency of
01 per cent. We look to this Big Bend
plant to mark a new era in the electrical
development not alone of this State, but
of the world. For this reason we pro-
pose to follow the advice of our engineers
and postpone the actual purchase of
wheels and generators as long as possible,
and, in fact, centralize the financing nec-
essary for the development of this vast
quantity of power in the last two years
of the work."
To Mr. Baum belongs the credit of hav-
ing appreciated the value of this Pit
River project and of having materially
assisted in the deliberations which re-
sulted in the undertaking being resolved
upon. To what has gone before Mr.
Baum adds this word:
"The power business of the Pacific Gas
and Electricity Company is growing at
so rapid a rate, due partly to new indus-
tries and partly to constantly increasing
population, that in order to keep pace
with its necessities our company must
add at least 10,000 horsepower each year
to its resources in the way of electric
generation and distribution.
"While the company was small the
yearly requirements for power had to be
met in a way that would not impose too
great a burden upon its financial re-
sources. This condition of affairs was
responsible for a number of developments
of relatively small capacity, constructed
as required from time to time. Now.
however, the Pacific Gas and Electric-
Company is one of the largest light, heat
and power organizations in the world
and in extent of territory covered and
diversity of business it is among the
leaders.
"As an engineer, I have been familiar
with the power project of the Pit River
for about ten years (having a stock ranch
and summer home in the Pit Basin), but
I did not believe until recently that the
time was right for the company to under-
take this remarkable power development.
The growth of the company, the lack of
other very attractive large power proj-
ects, the increasing price of oil and the
financial strength of the company led me
to recommend that we next undertake
the Big Bend of the Pit River project.
Pacific Service Magazine
435
'The Narrows," Pit River. Near tunnel inlukc.
"The project itself is truly most re-
markable, because the minimum stream
flow of 2450 cubic feet per second is
practically constant and has its source
in several very large springs; and the
power obtainable by diverting the river
through a tunnel (which will be about
twenty feet in diameter and seven miles
long) will be approxaimately 200,000-
horsepower average output.
"To develop this energy with steam
power would require about 16,000 barrels
of oil per day, or about 6,000,000 barrels
per year.
"Many far-sighted people now can fore-
see a shortage of fuel oil, and in time
nearly all the oil will be used for making
gas, gasoline, and for making lubricating
oils. But to cry shortage of oil now when
it is being used in locomotives to haul
trains up the mountains which produce
the water power reveals certainly a pecu-
liar situation, and one which would not
commend us very highly if we were
examined before a Lunacy Commission a
few years hence.
"As individuals, as corporations, and
as a nation, we think we are a great peo-
ple, but our progeny will probably refer
to us and not very respectfully as 'ulti-
mate consumers.' For, as individuals we
often spend like drunken sailors for the
pleasure and not for the need; as mem-
bers of corporations we often prefer $1
in dividends to 'plO added in assets, and
as members of a nation we often misuse
our resources by wasting them. The true
meaning of eflicienc'y is little known
among the American people, but the
future will demand a better understand-
ing of the term.
"The addition of the Pit River power,
therefore, means that the waste of oil to
the extent of about 6,000,000 barrels per
year will be reserved for other purposes;
it means, also, that the stockholders of
the company will be the owners of the
equivalent of a continuously flowing oil
well of about 6,000,000 barrels per year;
it also means that this enormous power,
the equivalent of the work that would
require 600,000 horses working in three
eight-hour shifts, will be available for the
development of Ihe north-central section
of California.
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i
"Tlu' natural conditions for developing
tile i'it project are very favorable indeed,
nearly everything excepting the brains,
energy and money having been provided
by nature, and \vhile there must be a lot
of hard and consistent work before the
job is completed I am as confident of the
human elements as I am of the physical
elements in the task.
"(consistent api)lication by the men on
the work, those directing it and by the
stockholders to achieve the end will, I
believe, make this development the most
important step in the history of the
Pacific Gas and Electric (>ompany."
Concerning the financial problem to be
solved in connection with this new Big
Job. According to present estimates, the
requisite financing will be distributed
over the stated period of five years in the
following manner:
First year, .'?30(),000; second year, $1,-
oOO.OOO; third year, $2,000,000; fourth
year, $7,000,000; fifth year, $6,700,000.
Total expenditure, $17,500,000.
It is rattier early in the game to discuss
the exact form this financing will take.
Our company's credit is excellent and
its securities stand high; so, under our
comprehensive system there is more than
one way open to raise the necessary
funds, as, for instance, through issuance
of bonds, or preferred stock, or common
stock. Needless to say that whatever
plan is acted upon by the management
will be with the full approval of the Cali-
fornia State Railroad Commission.
Headers of Pacific Service Magazine
will be informed, from time to time, con-
cerning the progress of the work. When
construction begins to assume definite
shape there should develop therefrom
some interesting reading matter not only
for engineers but for all persons inter-
ested in the activities of organizations of
the nature of "Pacific Service."
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Split Coil Measurements of Direct
Current Loads
By C. B. MERRICK, Electric Distribution Department, San Francisco District
ONE more step has been made in
the rapid advance of the electrical
world by the application of split coil
measurements to direct current line loads.
This effectively replaces the expensive
and cumbersome procedure which was
necessary with other methods of testing,
in which the meters were built to carry
the full line current or were connected
to shunts inserted in the line. The prob-
lem of installing the meter or shunt with-
out discontinuing service was a difficult
and laborious one, resulting in a heavy
maintenance as well as initial cost.
The D. C. split coil meter, invented and
developed by Mr. Otto A. Knopp of "Pa-
cific Service," has a low maintenance cost
and can be quickly attached on any cir-
cuit to be tested.
This method combines accuracy, flexi-
bility and ease of operation in measuring
direct current loads without opening the
circuit or in any way interfering with
the service, and without the cumbersome
process of installing jumpers. It is espe-
cially useful in the case of large power
companies for a rapid and accurate check
of the meters on the outgoing feeders at
the substation, or on the meters of large
consumers. It gives direct readings in
amperes of the current flowing through
any conductor about which the split coil
of the instrument is clamped. The wide
range of operation covers current values
from zero to 3000 amperes, thus eliminat-
ing the necessity for more than one in-
strument. This flexibility, together with
the fact that the current value
is indicated on a direct read- 7^ //VD/CATZ/VG <?/? ^
ing scale of uniform divisions,. ^^Ci^/P/'/A'C AfSTS/fS^
and the rapidity with which
readings can be made, form a combina-
tion that will at once recommend the
meter for practical use.
Two forms have been made up. One,
called the direct current ratio relay, is
automatic in its operation, while the
other, known as the direct current line
testing set, is manipulated by the tester.
The first device consists of the split coil
to be clamped about the cable or con-
ductor, a storage battery for sending the
current through the split coil and thus
creating a field to neutralize the flux due
to the current in the cable, and a solenoid
plunger which controls and regulates the
current flowing through the windings of
the split coil. This split coil, shown in
detail in Fig. 1, consists of an iron core
(I) wrapped with many turns of fine
Fig. 1.
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wire. A hinge on one side allows the
coil to be quickly slipped about the cable
(C). It is then lield in position by the
insertion of the plug which completes
the circuit through the coil and battery,
and introduces a small air gap into the
magnetic circuit of the coil. In this air
gap is located a thin strip of magnet steel
(M) called the contactor, which is af-
fected by the magnetic fields about it.
This contactor opens and closes an auxil-
iary circuit through the battery (B) and
the windings of the solenoid (P). When
the coil is placed over the cable, a mag-
netic flux is produced in the iron core
which causes the contactor magnet to
change its position so as to align itself in
the magnetic field, thereby closing the
auxiliary circuit at (K) and energizing
the solenoid. The solenoid, in turn, acts
upon the plunger and compresses the car-
bon disks (R), lowering the resistance in
the secondary circuit and increasing the
flow of current through the turns (W) of
the split coil. The resulting flux due to
this current in the secondary, tending to
neutralize the flux produced by the pri-
mary line current, continues to increase
until it reaches a value such
that the magnet contactor
opens the auxiliary circuit
and relieves the pressure
upon the carbon disks by
allowing the plunger to
drop away. A consequent
reduction of the secondary
current takes place, and the •
primary flux again forces ^
the contactor over to close n>
the auxiliary circuit and in-
crease the secondary cur- x
rent. This cycle is repeated ^
automatically as long as the •<
current flows through the
primary cable, and the value
of this current is found by
taking the average of the
readings of the ammeter.
Since the flux through
the coil due to the winding
(W) is dependent only upon I"'K-
the current value through this circuit and
in no w^ay upon the voltage, an increase
or decrease in the external resistance has
no eff^ect whatever upon the accuracy of
the readings. This is true, since the mag-
net contactor remains in position keeping
the contact (K) closed until the ampere-
turns of the secondary and the conse-
quent flux through the coil are equal to
the ampere-turns of and the flux pro-
duced by the line current, plus the very
small losses of the instrument. The ad-
vantage of this condition is apparent, in
that poor contacts in the circuit cannot
produce an incorrect reading. Also, an
indicating meter only, or a recording
meter only, or the two in series may be
connected for checking one against the
other.
The second form of the meter consists
of the split coil and magnet contactor,
the battery and meter and a small com-
pression carbon rheostat in the second-
ary, in series with the battery, meter and
split coil windings. The rheostat is ad-
justed by the operator so that the pri-
mary and secondary flux alternately influ-
ence the contactor to flip from one side
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to the other, showing that the secondary
ampere-turns are either greater or less
than the primary. This hand regulation
replaces the automatic operation of Fig. 1.
The hand - controlled
meter is more compact
and is proportionately
more portable for line-
testing work. The auto-
matic meter eliminates
the personal equation of
the operator and permits
of the installation of the
recording meter, thus
giving a continuous rec-
ord of the load through-
out any period of time.
The principle of opera-
tion of the ratio relay is
nearly identical with that
of the A. C. current trans-
former. In the latter the
current through the pri-
mary produces a flux
through the iron core
which, in turn, produces
a current in the second-
ary, the size of this cur-
rent being such that the
ampere-turns of the pri-
mary and secondary are
the same, except for the
slight losses due to hys-
teresis and eddy cur-
rents in the core, and
small copper losses. These losses can be
partially compensated for by making the
secondary turns slightly less than the
theoretical number necessary for the
given ratio of transformation.
In the ratio relay the same principle
is involved, but the secondary current is
supplied by an auxiliary source, and not
by induction. Since the flux due to the
secondary current fluctuates regularly, so
that the magnet contactor is influenced
alternately by the primary and secondary
flux, the ratio of transformation is exactly
equal to the ratio of secondary and pri-
mary turns. An increase in the core
losses of the direct current split coil does
not mean an inaccurate reading on the
meter, but simply a wider range of fluc-
tuation of the secondarv current, the
average remaining the same as before at
the correct value. Fig. 2 shows the rela-
tion of the secondary to the primary cur-
rents. Thus it will be seen that the in-
herent regulation of the ratio relay is
better than that of the A. C. current trans-
former that is so widely and satisfac-
torily used.
Exhaustive tests upon the ratio of
transformation by the two watt-hour
meter method have demonstrated that its
operation is well within the limits of me-
chanical accuracy. In this method two
watt-hour meters are connected in series
and adjusted to give equal readings. One
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is then connected in the primary and the
other in the secondary circuit of the ratio
relay, a primary being provided for the
core consisting of a coil of as many turns
as the secondary, making the ratio 1 to 1,
the relative registration then showing the
ratio of operation of the split coil. In
this way it has been determined that the
error of the apparatus is only a small
fraction of one per cent. Consequently
the meter is admirably adapted for pre-
cision measurements of large D. C. loads.
The field of precision measurements on
small D. C. loads is open for the relay by
the simple process of looping the con-
ductor through the coil until the ampere-
turns are sufficient to give a reading on
the meter, and dividing by the number of
turns about the coil, which gives the line
amperage.
In testing three-wire meters the old
method of installing a shunt in each side
of the line required simultaneous read-
ings. The ratio relay combines the two
readings automatically, provided both
sides of the line are run through the coil,
just as both legs would be run through a
current transformer, thus making it prac-
ticable for one man to make the tests in-
stead of two as heretofore. In this way,
also, it is possible to combine any two
circuits so as to give one reading on the
meter:
The apparatus is particularly well
adapted for use in electrolysis work,
since the current flowing through any
pipe, conduit or cable can be ascertained
by slipping the coil about the conductor.
In this work it would be impossible to
open the conductor for the insertion of
an ammeter, and the calculation of the
current by voltage drop is unreliable, due
to variations in resistance or the resist-
ance being unknown. Therefore, the
ratio relay fills a long-felt need by pro-
viding a speedy and reliable means of
ascertaining the current flow in electrol-
ysis investigation. The presence of iron
in the vicinity of the coil has no eff"ect
upon the working of the apparatus. This
is advantageous because a cable enclosed
in an iron pipe can be tested for electro-
lytic currents or load as well as any
other.
The simple operation of the instrument
is illustrated in Fig. 3, which shows the
meter in actual operation on one of the
outgoing feeders of a local station.
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Pacific Service Magazine
441
Practical Artificial Illumination of
Tennis Courts
By LEE H. NEWBERT, Manager Sales Department
UP TO a few years ago we were ac-
customed to think of tennis as one
of the idle sports, a thing associated with
week-end parties and summer vacations.
But in this age of intensive business,
which confines men closely to their of-
fices, it has been found necessary for
them to spend a certain amount of time
in active recreation for the preservation
of physical and mental health. Many
have found in tennis that which meets
this requirement.
For the average business man, however,
who is a devotee of the sport, the hours
of daylight which can be spent on the
courts after office hours are all too short,
and many a fast "set" has been reluc-
tantly given up with the approach of
darkness. So, in many localities courts
have been equipped with artificial illum-
ination in order to continue the play into
the evening hours. These attempts have
met with such varying success that it has
remained for the illuminating engineers
take up the prob-
lem and produce an
adequate and desir-
able installation.
The conditions to
be met in the light-
ing of outdoor ten-
nis courts present
problems not en-
countered in other
fields of illumina-
tion. In the office,
for instance, the
desk level is usually
assumed to be the
working plane and
all illumination cal-
culations may be
made with this
plane as the basis.
In the case of the
tennis court, however, this condition is
materially changed. There is no fixed
plane and the light must be distributed in
such a manner that the ball is well lighted
during its entire travel. There are sev-
eral conditions to be met in order to se-
cure a well-lighted tennis court.
(1) The entire surface of the court
must be evenly lighted to a high intensity.
An evenly lighted court is necessary, as
the ball apparently changes its speed
when passing through sections that vary
in intensity. A fairly high intensity is
essential as the game is played rather
rapidly, requiring sufficient light to allow
the player at all times to readily follow
the ball.
(2) The glare from light sources in
the direct line of vision must be avoided,
as this interferes with seeing. If, when
following the ball after a stroke, one is
forced to look at a lamp, the ball is lost
to the vision and a short time elapses be-
fore the eye reaches its normal condition.
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Obviously any lights at the ends of the
court are objectionable.
(3) The distribution of light from the
lighting units must be such that the ball
will be illuminated by
direct light at a height of
approximately twenty
feet. Above this height
the reflection from the
court surface will suffi-
ciently illuminate the
ball, for at this height
the ball is usually travel-
ing comparatively slow.
(4) The entire installa-
tion must be so arranged
as to eliminate any dan-
ger of interference with
the play. The lighting
units themselves must be
at a sufficient height,
or from the side lines W
a sufficient distance to 5^ ^
be out of range of the ball.
The supports (posts, etc.) must
be so located as not to inter-
fere with the player either at
the side lines or the run back.
With these rather exacting conditions
in mind one immediately questions if the
artificial lighting of tennis courts has
proved satisfactory and if it is practical.
That it is satisfactory is evidenced by
the tennis clubs that have installed arti-
ficiiil lighting. Members that have played
under artificial light have at once become
enthusiasts. Two methods have been em-
ployed for tennis-court lighting which
meet the requirements. Although it may
he siiid that practically all artificially
ligiited tennis courts use these two sys-
tems, it will be found that there are sev-
eral modifications of the methods out-
lined below. These two methods are the
side and overhead. In the side system
the lighting units are hung at a moderate
lu'iglit along the sides of the court, while
in the overhead system the units are hung
high above the center of the court. These
two systems, after considerable experi-
mentation, have been found to meet the
conditions.
Figure 1 shows the general lay-out of
service for the overhead system. Four
1000-watt Type C Tungsten lamps set in
especially designed shades and weather-
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above the court, form the lighting battery
of this system. In the side-lighting sys-
tem, shown in Figure 2, a greater number
of lighting units are required; but these
are of smaller size, usually 400-watt lamps
and twelve in number. As indicated in
the sketch they are strung parallel to the
side lines and about eighteen feet above
the court. The lamps are suspended in
special metal shades designed for side-
lighting installations.
For the great majority of cases the
overhead lighting system is most desir-
able for three reasons: First, the lower
cost of installation; second, the lower cost
of operation; and third, the protection of
the eyes by having no lamp filaments in
the ordinary range of vision of players
and spectators.
The side-lighting system may be used
when the small space available or some
other conditions make it impracticable to
install the two 39-foot poles with guy
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wires such as are required by the over-
head system; or it may be used when
there is a decided opinion in favor of
side lighting.
Marin District leads in the number of
installations made during the season just
closed. Various
types of installa-
tions were experi-
mented with by
some of the indi-
vidual owners,
and in most cases
they met with
very good suc-
cess. Two which
proved exception-
ally good are
those of Mr. W.
S. Davis and Mr.
George W. Brooks,
both residents of
Ross. Illustrations
of their courts
are here given in
order to show
what can be done
where a very
limited space is
available. In each
of these cases the
wattage of the
lamps was smaller
than is usually
recommended, but
the amount of
light necessary
was compensated
for by increasing
the number of
units. The effect
was found very
gratifying, how-
ever, as there was
a tendency to pro-
duce a more even
light intensity
over the whole
court.
The problem of
shielding the
the glare from the players' eyes, how-
ever, has been given no little attention by
several of the manufacturing companies,
and as a consequence there have been
developed scientific methods of correct-
ing the trouble.
Tennis court of Mr. Geo. W. Brooks, at I\oss, Marin County. Court measures
50 feet l)y 102 feet. Installation consists of twelve 2r)0-\vatt, type B,
Mazda lamps on each side, evenly spaced, beginning eight feet
from each end. Lamps in 45-degree D'Olier reflectors
suspended fourteen feet from the ground
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Pacific Coast Section N. E. L. A. In
Convention at Riverside, Cat.
By S. V. WALTON, Manager Commercial Department
THE Riverside convention has come
and gone. It will always be remem-
bered by those who were fortunate enough
to attend as "The Riverside Convention,"
and as such will go down in history as a
landmark in the electrical industry; not
so much because it was the first annual*
convention of a geographic section of a
national organization of electrical inter-
ests, but because it was the first time in
the history of the electrical industry
when all elements, central stations, manu-
facturers, jobbers, dealers and contrac-
tors— all the component parts of the
industry, so to speak — were not only pres-
ent in goodly numbers but as active
participants in the discussions and con-
clusions arrived at. As a result, members
from other than central station interests
were placed on the Executive Committee,
which, as now constituted, includes rep-
resentatives of the electrical manufac-
turers, the Pacific Coast division of the
National Electrical Supply Jobbers' Asso-
ciation and the California Association of
Electrical Contractors and Dealers. One
of the objects of the association is to
preach and practice co-operation, and
now that all the component parts of the
industry are represented for the first
time in one strong organization there is
no doubt that results of real benefit to all
will be obtained.
Another important factor in the suc-
cess of the convention was the presence
in large numbers of ladies. The season
of the year and the place of meeting were
l)ropiti()us, and the opinion has been
freely expressed that no convention
should be held in the future without their
l)resence.
Too much credit cannot be given Mr.
R. H. Ballard, the retiring president, and
other officers for the manner in which
the whole convention was handled from
the time the section was organized in
January last to the close of the meeting
on April 19th. When consideration is
given to the amount of real constructive
work that was accomplished at the con-
vention, and one realizes that the whole
thing was planned and the work con-
cluded in scarcely more than three
months' time, some idea is had of the
strenuous work that was done by those
responsible for the destinies of the asso-
ciation. The manner in which the
arrangements for the convention was
handled by the Southern Sierra Power
Company, the host of the occasion, was
a credit to the electrical fraternity. Noth-
ing was overlooked that would in any
way contribute to the comfort, conven-
ience or happiness of those in attendance,
even down to the smallest detail. Mr.
West was never too busy to look after
anything that required his attention.
An important feature of the general
arrangements was the publication of the
reports of the committees and tlie placing
of them in the hands of members in
ample time before the convention opened,
so that they could be studied and dis-
cussion upon them prepared; also, the
publication of the convention daily, the
first number of which was distributed
to members on the special train before its
arrival at Riverside. This work was
handled by the Journal of Electricity
without cost to the association. The
report of tlic convention will be handled
in the same way. Too much credit can-
not be given to the Journal for the enter-
prise shown and the valuable service
rendered. Under the able management
of Mr. Halloran it has come to be a most
important factor in our industry, and is
deserving of the full support of all inter-
Pacific Service Magazine
445
ested in the upbuilding of the electrical
business on the Pacific Coast.
The Golden Gate Special on which
those of us from San Francisco and
vicinity made the trip to Riverside and
return was more like a club than a train.
If there was any one who was not fully
pleased it was not the fault of Mr. Strong,
our affable and efTicient master of trans-
portation, or the railway company, but
must have been due to some inner feeling
of unhappiness. Judging from outward
appearance and expressed sentiments
there were none in that class.
The banquet, held at the Mission Inn
on Friday night, was unique in many
ways. The committee had prepared for
two hundred at the outside, and over
four hundred sat down. The fact that
there was found both room and food for
all speaks well for the committee, as well
as for the management of the inn.
A touching tribute from the contrac-
tors, self-styled "baby members," was the
presentation to the association during the
closing session of a large American flag
by Frank Somers, president of the Cali-
fornia Association of Electrical Contrac-
tors and Dealers.
The real work accomplished at the
convention will be reported in the regular
proceedings soon to be published, but it
seems proper in these notes to briefly
mention some of the more important
matters.
The report of the Public Policy Com-
mittee presented by Mr. John A. Britton
at the Friday evening session after the
banquet, and unanimously adopted, was
an inspiring announcement of what can,
and undoubtedly will, in large measure,
be accomplished by co-operative work
in the Association. The Public Policy
Committee concluded its report by reso-
lution favoring a selective form of con-
scription, and dedicating the electrical
industry as represented by the associa-
tion to the President of the United States
and the Governor of tlie State of Cali-
fornia, to be used by each or both of them
in the service of the country in whatever
way and whenever they in their judgment
may think best. Those who heard the
report delivered were deeply impressed
with the importance of the electrical
industry in the big affairs of the State
and Nation, and also with the ability and
unselfishness of the men at the head of
our association.
The resolution presented by the Com-
mercial Committee and adopted by the
association are of great importance and
sound a new note in association work.
Among other things they provide that
the association shall get behind the
dealer-contractor organization, recognize
it as an important link in the chain, and
support it to the end that it may become
a more important factor in central sta-
tion load building. It was recommended
that the Commercial Committee work out
a plan for closer co-operation between
the two associations. It was also recom-
mended that more help be extended to
the smaller member companies in the
way of giving advice on various matters
and furnishing trained commercial men.
It was provided that the secretary's office
be the clearing house for this work.
So great was the interest shown at the
engineering and commercial sessions
that it was deemed advisable to hold
parallel sessions throughout instead of
only during Friday forenoon as originally
planned. It is to be hoped that at future
conventions a plan will be devised to do
away with parallel sessions, as practically
all who attend are interested in both
subjects.
Finally, it was provided that the asso-
ciation, through the various committees
working with the secretary's office, act as
a permanent working organization, giving
service throughout the year, instead of
limiting its activities to the preparation
and presentation of reports at the annual
conventions.
In conclusion, it may be stated that the
convention was most successful in every
way, and that the Pacific Coast section of
the N. E. L. A. has before it a life of great
usefulness to the electrical industry.
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Pacific Service'' On the Rifle Range
Hy R. A. MONROE, Civil Engineering Department
OIK Pacific Service Rifle Club is a
success. That this is a fact is
proven not only by the scores, which are
steadily creeping higher with every suc-
cessive shoot, but also by the enthusiasm
and interest manifested by the half hun-
dred or more members of the club who
attend each shoot. The shooting fever
is both incurable and contagious. We
now have numbered among our "regu-
lars" men who have been interested in
shooting ever since they were large
enough to tote a gun and others who
never fired a high-power rifle until their
first day on the "Pacific Service" range.
Both classes are equally enthusiastic and,
strange as it may seem, the new-comers
at the shooting game are fast learning
to hold their own with the old-timers.
The past month has been a busy one
from the shooting standpoint. We fin-
ished up the series of indoor matches
which were held under the auspices of
tiie National Rifle Association, and held
two outdoor shoots on the Ft. Barry range
with the military rifle, one being a team
match against the Oakland Rifle Club,
and the other our second monthly shoot
for 1917.
The National Rifle Association each
year holds an indoor competition to de-
cide the gallery championship of the
United States. This year the competi-
tion consisted of ten matches, and the
team having the highest aggregate total
at the end of the series of matches was
declared the winner. Each team con-
sisted of ten men and the team's score
for each slioot was tlie sum of tlie scores
made by tlie highest five men for that
particular shoot. The gims used were
22-caIibre, weighing not over 10 pounds,
and liaving any kind of sight desired.
The distance was 75 feet, position of
shooter prone, diameter of the bull's-eye
one-half inch, with concentric rings
every (lunrter-inch outside, counting 9,
8, 7, etc. Each match consisted of 20
shots for record, with an allowance of
two sighting shots, and one match was
shot each week for ten weeks.
At the last possible moment for enter-
ing we decided to get up a team and see
what we could do. The use of the State
Armory range at Fourteenth and Mission
streets was secured, but it was equipped
only for 50 feet distance and had no
benches to lie on for prone shooting.
However, the boys interested came
through nobly and after several even-
ings and Saturday afternoons of strenu-
ous work the range was fixed up so that
four targets could be used at the 75-feet
distance.
The Saturday afternoon for our first
shoot and, incidentally, our first practice
came around and the team appeared
armed with an assortment of guns that
would have disgraced a Mexican army.
Practically all were of the sporting type
equipped with open sight, few had been
targeted beforehand, several had the bar-
rels so badly leaded and pitted that ac-
curate work was impossible, slings were
conspicuous by their absence and, natur-
ally, the results were rather poor.
On the basis of the score made in the
first shoot, the teams all over the coun-
try were divided into classes containing
twelve teams each. Out of 104 teams
entered, we shot in seventy-ninth place
and landed in seventh place in Class G.
Our team score for the first shoot was
860 out of a possible 1000, and as an in-
dication of what is possible, the Peters
Rifle Club of Kings Mill, Ohio, made 996
in this same first slioot.
This result was rather discouraging,
but anyway we were not the worst in
the United States, and immediate elimi-
nation of unfit guns, sights and shooters
began. Practically every one obtained
peep rear and aperture front sights and
carefully adjusted the same, with the
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result that our improvement was rapid, man per match. Incidentally, there was
In the ninth match we made 963 points, one individual, T. K. (Tackhole) Lee of
which raised our score more than 100 Birmingham, who made 1999 in the ten
points above the total of the first shoot, matches, which shows what accuracy can
and, incidentally, we shot in second place be attained.
in our division and fortieth place in the Next year, if we can obtain an ade-
United States. quate range and obtain some accurate
The final official results for all the target rifles, we will enter this match
teams entered in the shoot have not been and have a chance. It may be possible
received, but we probably finished in for the club to buy three or four good
sixty-eighth place in the United States guns for the use of all members of the
and in fifth place in our class. If we Pacific Service Rifle Club, and there is
could have got going a little sooner in no question that we have the material
the race and not lost so much at the to make a first-class team,
start, we would have taken second place The fifth match of the series was shot
in our division, but the Atlanta, Ga., team, on the Telephone Company's range and
which won first place, outclassed all counted as our team's score in a match
other teams entered. The Peters Club which was arranged with the Valuation
before mentioned won the United States Department of the Telephone Company,
championship with a total of 9925 points In this match, our team won by a total
out of a possible 10,000, or an average score of 1733 to 1668. Following is the
of 992.5 points per match, or 198.5 per team score for the entire contest:
N. R. A. INDOOR GALLERY MATCHES— 1917
Score in Shoot No. Average No. of
Name 1 « 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ghoot on Team
Monroe, R. A 190 186 190 195 187 195 194 195 197 198 193 10
Mel, W. B 181 176 182 188 185 182 194 186 188 191 186 10
Canfield. G. H 179 183 183 183 173 189 193 190 184 184 8
Rogers, E. A 180 172 169 176 187 188 186 180 3
Carpenter, S. E 169 165 169 168 165 177 180 198 195 176 6
Patty, L. H 178 154 178 172 159 159 177 189 190 191 175 7
Murphy, E. M 155 167 177 174 167 166 169 176 186 187 172 4
Steele, I. C 164 165 161 162 156 174 171 161 177 165 166 2
Dreyer 150 160 159 163 146 158 157 186 181 162 0
Hyde 165 169 165 176 109 176 165 161 0
Team Score 868 880 913 912 892 900 931 943 963 692 916
Total Team Scoref or 10 matches — 9164
On April 22nd we had the pleasure on the longer ranges and, also, were
of meeting the Oakland Rifle Club in a handicapped by having new guns for
competitive shoot on the Fort Barry which the proper elevation and windage
range. Each team consisted of ten men, had not been determined. The Oakland
and the National Guard course, consist- team consisted almost entirely of old
ing of ten shots at 300, 500 and 600 yards experienced shots, so, naturally, we were
slow fire and 200 and 300 yards time rather badly trimmed. The final score
fire, was fired. was 1668 for Oakland to 1450 for "Pa-
The weather conditions were anything cific Service."
but favorable. About noon the fog which On April 29th we held our second
had been hanging low all day began to monthly shoot for 1917. As we had the
drift down so as to partially hide the Fort Barry range to ourselves on that
targets, and an hour or so later it began day, we invited the Railroad Commission
raining, so that the match was called to send a team over and have a match,
without firing the 600-yard stage. The Last fall we cleaned up this same Rail-
boys on the "Pacific Service" team were road Commission team quite easily, and
nearly all new to the game of shooting after our drubbing of the week before
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by the Oakland team we were expecting
to take our revenge out on the Commis-
sion. However, we were badly mistaken,
for the score at the end of the match
showed the Commission team ahead with
a score of 2050 to 1946 for "Pacific Serv-
ice." They made the very creditable
average of 205 points per man, and the
result of their steady, conscientious gal-
lery practice with the sub-calibre Spring-
fields on an indoor range is clearly
indicated.
Many of the "Pacific Service" boys did
their first long-range shooting this day,
and made the discovery that there is
more to it than mere holding. One man
(not to mention any name) fired twenty
shots at the six-foot-square target at 600
yards, and never touched it once; he
is a good shot at short ranges, too. The
Fort Barry range is subject to a mean
"fishtail" wind which will cause many
unaccountable twos and threes at the
long ranges, and also in many cases the
zero or proper elevation setting of the
sights for the guns used was not known.
With the Krag rifle, a change in eleva-
tion of 25 yards when shooting at 600
yards will change the value of a shot
from a bull's-eye to a miss on a six-foot-
square target, so it is apparent that the
sights have to be set very close.
The high score of the day was made
by W. B. Mel of "Pacific Service," who
had the excellent score of 228 out of a
possible 250 to his credit. The follow-
ing qualifications under the National
Rifle Association rules were made:
Expert rifleman, Mel, Barker and Mon-
roe; sharpshooter, Canfield, Welling and
Carpenter; marksman, Jeppeson, Mcln-
tyre, Dreyer, Hood, W. A. Hillibrand,
Thomas and Rogers. The qualification
requirements on this course are as fol-
lows: Ten shots on each range; score, 50;
possible score, 250. Total score 210
qualifies as expert rifleman; 190 qualifies
as sharpshooter, and 160 as marksman.
Baseball Season Now in Full Swing
The baseball season for this year
started on May 13th, with the Oakland
team opposing the Redwood team at Red-
wood. Mr. John A. Britton umpired the
game to the satisfaction of every player
and was assisted by Mr. Cope of the
Alameda County District. Oakland won
by a score of 3 to 1. Unfortunately, no
accurate box score was kept of the game,
which was featured by the pitching of
Chase of the Redwood team, who struck
out sixteen men and allowed but four
hits, and the hitting of Casey of Redwood,
who got three hits out of four times at
bat. one of them being a home run. Oak-
land bunched hits in tlie sixth inning and
this, coupled with an error, gave them
their three runs and the game.
Sunday, May 13th, San Rafael jour-
neyed to San Jose and took the Garden
City nine into camp by the score of 9 to 7.
San Rafael came from behind and scored
five runs in the ninth inning, winning the
game. San Rafael deserves a great deal
of credit for the showing they made, as
they came into the league with less than
a week's notice.
Saturday, May 19th, Oakland journeyed
to San Rafael and took them into camp
by tlie score of 6 to 1. The feature of the
game was the hitting of Smith of Oakland,
who got four hits out of five times at
bat, driving in four of Oakland's six runs.
Figcroid of the Oakland team pitched a
steady, heady game.
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Industrial Activities Aided by ''Pacific Service
The Springer Consolidated Mining
Company, situated one and one-half miles
east of be Sabla,' Butte County, has just
completed a mining installation of un-
usual interest. The mine is situated on
the edge of Ihe Butte Creek Canyon. The
ore is visible to the eye, running in a
giant seam, or dyke, approximately one
hundred yards wide and several miles in
length, and is a low-grade proposition.
The installation just being completed is
comprised of ore bins, a large ore crusher
and a complete ball mill reduction plant
made in four units. The total installed
horsepower is 305. Should this venture
prove successful the present equipment
will be doubled at once.
The Shredded Wheat Biscuit Company
of California, located in Oakland, repre-
sents an actual investment of $500,000,
and is a modern up-to-date sanitary plant
in every respect. The factory was for-
mally opened last month by the civic
organizations of Oakland, and is now in
actual operation and open for public in-
spection. It occupies 70,000 feet of floor
space, and the electric lighting and power
is furnished by "Pacific Service." A total
installation of 528 horsepower is now in
operation. Mr. James A. Traverse, the
progressive manager, is now one of Oak-
land's most enthusiastic boosters. In
order to do this wonderful plant justice,
a detailed article is being prepared with
numerous photographs and views to ex-
plain it in detail and will be published
shortly in this magazine.
An irrigation project of considerable
magnitude, the plans of which have just
been completed and which is to be known
as the Paradise Irrigation District, con-
templates the impounding of the Little
Butte Creek, a short distance from Ma-
galia, in a natural reservoir site formerly
owned by this company. This system
will be known as a pressure system and
the water will be distributed throughout
the famous Paradise fruit section. In
anticipation of this project a renewed
activity has been shown throughout this
entire territory.
One new industry has been recently
added to the' list of those supplied with
"Pacific Service" by the installation of a
two-phase electric furnace at the Pacific
Foundry Company's plant at Eighteenth
and Harrison streets. The furnace is
capable of melting 750 pounds of metal
per charge, using 100 k. w., at approxi-
mately 100 volts. The time necessarv to
melt the entire charge is three hours,' but
samples for experimental purposes can
be drawn off at twenty-minute intervals.
The power is supplied by two 150-k. w.
transformers, Scott connected, which
step down directly from three-phase,
11,000 volts, to two-phase, 100 volts.
This furnace, typifying the progressive
spirit of the company installing it, will
be used for experiments in the melting
and pouring of the various grades of cast
iron. Preliminary tests have been so
successful that another shift will be
added to the operating force, and work
will be commenced on the installation of
a second furnace. They will be operated
in conjunction with the two coke fur-
naces which have been previously in use
and which have a capacity, respectively,
of five and nine tons per hour.
A recent addition to the large power
consumers being served by Pacific Serv-
ice is the Penn Mining"^ Companv at
Campo Seco, Calaveras County. Mining
has been carried on here for a number
of years for both copper and gold. On
the completion of the line extension from
•lenny Lind, on the Calaveras River, the
entire mine was electrified, a total of 650
horsepower now being installed.
The Fabiola Hospital, Oakland, has
installed two sections, of Garland hotel
gas ranges. Fabiola is keeping in prog-
ress with the large institutions. Gas
makes a sanitary kitchen, improves work-
ing conditions and proves economical.
The Oakland Athenian Club and also
the Oakland Order of Elks have recently
made similar installations. Their testi-
monials of improved service are very
gratifying.
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The recently installed gas service in
the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, replacing
entirely the oil hurning system for range
cooking, is proving a decided success.
Owing to the magnitude and importance
of this installation, a detailed article is
now being prepared for publication in
this magazine.
Our AU-Gas Kitchen Campaign
Mr. A. O. Nelson. 107 Stillman Street,
San Francisco, canning the Thelma Brand
of beans, one year ago installed a 2 horse-
power gas boiler. Six months later this
was replaced by a 10-horse-power gas
boiler, and still more recently an ad-
ditional 15-horse-power gas boiler has
been added to the existing 10-horse-power
gas boiler to take care of the increased
business.
Aluminum ware is now made in Cali-
fornia. This metal came into promi-
nence with many fantastic promises on
account of its strength and light weight.
This was in 1876, when a process of
separation from its ore was discovered
by the use of electricity.
In those days electricity was also a
rare element so that aluminum was ex-
pensively obtained and sold for about $20
a pound. Much effort has been made to
reduce this cost, and although it now
sells for fifty cents a pound still this is
a prohibitive figure for construction use.
Aluminum is very soft, but when rolled
or pressed becomes hard and of great
strength. It does not oxidize or tarnish
and partakes of a high silver-like polish.
For this reason it makes ideal kitchen
utensils. The result is that a factory has
been established in Oakland to take care
of the demand.
The Aluminum Products Company of
the Pacific Coast is a Western branch of
two large I^astern factories. This con-
cern like many others recognized the ad-
vantages of a Coast factory through labor
conditions and saving in freight rates.
Their Product is the "Lifetime Ware".
Mr. E. .1. Fitzgerald, the local manager,
has not only come here to stay, but real-
izing the big things of the State and how-
big his products are to the kitchen, names
his wares the ".Sequoia Brand". We are
also reminded that the Secpioias outlive
all others, being the oldest of trees.
I-'urthermore if names are significant, we
find the plant properties being promoted
by Mr. W T. Olson as the assistant
supcrintcdent.
Saturday May 5th closed the fifth week
of our company's "all-gas kitchen" cam-
paign. During those five weeks 901 ap-
pliances were sold; either ranges, water
heaters, or kitchen heaters. The gross
sales amounted to $30,606.60.
Upwards of 250 all-gas kitchens had
been the result of our efforts up to that
date, and, in addition, nearly 100 old low-
oven gas-ranges had been replaced with
the best and most efficient cabinet ranges
on the market. Our plan of campaign
contemplated cabinet ranges only, and
but very few instances of low-oven range
sales have been reported.
When it is considered that the terri-
tory covered in this particular campaign
has a field of less than 40,000 gas con-
sumers upon which to work, and also
that the month of April was considered
to be simply a "warming-up" month, it
must be conceded that when the boys
actually get under way with a full head
of steam we are due for some business.
The Sales Department is now conduct-
ing a series of cooking schools for the
purpose of furthering the introduction
of electric cooking in the non-gas terri-
tory. These schools are under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Carrie E. Dwelle, a graduate
of the Boston School of Cookery and of
Drexal Institute, Philadelphia (School of
Dietetic Cooking). Mrs. Dwelle lectures
on the proper cooking of foods, their
chemical values, the necessity of balanced
meals, and how to reduce the high cost
of living by properly cooking the cheaper
meats and other foods. She gives her
audiences practical demonstrations on the
electric range. Incidentally, she exploits
the advantages of the electric range,
showing how it can be used economically
and how whole meals can be cooked in
the oven. Each person entering the
lecture-room is provided with a small
paper dish, a spoon, a blank piece of
paper and pencil. As each article is pre-
pared the receipt is given out and a
sample is passed to every one present.
These cooking schools are advertised
by a full-page advertisement in the local
paper, a slide in the picture theater and
by sending invitations to resident con-
sumers. The school continues for three
days in each town, and, so far, the at-
tendance has been very satisfactory.
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451
usually increasing each day, showing the
same people are returning and bringing
their friends. Many ladies have ex-
pressed their appreciation of the liber-
ality of the company in giving such
instruction.
In a comparatively short time the gas-
fired incinerator will be universally
recognized as a necessary household
appliance.
The system now in general use of de-
positing garbage and waste in cans is
unsanitary and should be abolished.
Waste so collected decomposes during
warm weather. It attracts flies and vari-
ous insects, as well as rats and other
animals. Garbage cans are emptied
periodically, and they detract from other-
wise well-appointed premises. The
remedy for the garbage evil is supplied
by the gas-fired incinerator, a small stove
placed in kitchen, basement, or even built
in the wall. Into this stove refuse is
accumulated and is kept ventilated until
ready to be burned at any convenient
time, when the small gas burner in the
bottom of the stove is lighted. As soon
as the burner is lighted the garbage is
attacked from below^ by several flames.
The combustion consumes odor, gases
and smoke; no experience is required
and it can be operated by anybody.
Recent improvement in this appliance
has made it practical!}' perfect for house-
hold use, and it also off'ers to the gas
companies a wide new field for the use
of their product.
The town of Colusa has accepted this
company's offer to install a modern sys-
tem of street lighting. Mazda type C
lamps will displace arc lamps. A con-
tract for a term of years has been signed.
"Pacific Service" will shortly operate
the Mayfield municipal pumping plant,
the contract having been closed for a
term of years. A 60-h. p. motor will dis-
place steam equipment.
The brick manufacturing plant of
the California Transportation Company,
located on the Sacramento River, a few
miles below Sacramento, is now operated
by "Pacific Service," electric power hav-
ing displaced steam, w'hich has been
employed since the plant commenced
operations many years ago. One hundred
and sixty horsepower in motors is
installed.
The Marysville street lighting system is
being remodeled and type C Mazda lamps
will displace arc lamps. When the work
has been completed the city will receive
an increase in candle-power of 60 per
cent without any increase in the amount
now paid for the service.
Our eff'orts during the past twelve
months to displace wood- and oil-burning
equipment in hotels with gas, in the out-
side districts, has met with a fair degree
of success, as the following will show:
Vallejo District, 3 installations; Napa
District, 3 installations; Petaluma Dis-
trict, 1 installation; Santa Rosa District, 1
installation; Marin District, 1 installation;
Sacramento District, 2 installations; Red-
wood District, 4 installations; San Jose
District, 3 installations.
There is no other service rendered by
"Pacific Service" of more real value to
the public than that given in the greatest
of all necessities, "Hot Water."
Modern life demands conveniences.
"Hot Water," with its many uses, adds
more to intimate personal comfort and
health than any other single convenience.
It is a continuous convenience.
Each day brings more forcefully to
mind the necessity of urging the public
to be more careful in the selection and
use of water-heating apparatus.
A thorough knowledge of the particular
needs of each class of service and a firm
respect for the precise truth regarding
the performance of the apparatus are
absolutely necessary for the perfection of
"Hot Water" service.
The knowledge gained by experience in
the installation and maintenance of
water-heating apparatus by "Pacific Serv-
ice" is of great value to the public. Each
particular need is considered, and the
apparatus best fitted to supply this need
is recommended.
Man}' things enter into the service
rendered to make it satisfactory; the re-
lation of storage and production capacity
to the rate of use in the various classes
of service is an important feature.
Among others the installation of self-
closing faucets, insulation of the boiler,
proper connections, a complete survey of
the plumbing installation, and the per-
sonal equation of the various classes of
consumers.
"Pacific Service" stands ready at all
times to aid in securing the most eflicient
results in the use of hot-water apparatus.
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Our "'Pacific Service'' Roll of Honor
Employees Who Have Enlisted in the Service of
the United States
^ ,. Department or District Character of Service
Name Occupalton Where Employed For United States
\
... „, , /Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
Fred W. Akerhielm Clerk | Qfjl^.^ Naval Reserve
Frank L. Andrews Clerk Property Agt's Dept. Coast ArtiUery N. G. G.
T. Brady Conductor Sacramento Ry
G. V. Brewster Conductor Sacramento Ry
Emmet N. Britton Asst. Supt Drum District Officers Reserve Corps
Nelson James Beach. . . .Clerk S. F. District U. S. Navy
Walter Joseph Brown. . .Auto mechanic S. F. District Engineer Corps
Geo. H. Canfield Surveyor Land Dept Officers Reserve Corps
M F Campbell Lineman's apprentice. . S. F. District Marine Corps
Edw.' Anthony Dunne. . .Clerk Auditing Dept Officers Reserve Corps
S S Dick Conductor Sacramento Ry
Ghas P. Dodge Apprentice S. F. District Naval Reserve
John Clarence Daly Messenger Secretary's Office Coast Artillery N. G. G
John Equi Laborer S. F. Supply District. . .Aviation Corps
„„„... f2nd Lieutenant Officers
Melville B. Estes Truck driver S. F. District j" Reserve Corps
Forrest Walcott Faight. . Clerk San Joaquin District. . . .National Guard
Arthur Percy Flint Clerk San Joaquin District. .Officers Reserve Corps
c T? r»- . • » /2nd Lieutenant Officers
Wm. Emmet Fitzpatrick .Salesman o. 1^ . District >j^ Reserve Corps
Jas F Grady Fitter's helper Marin District National Guard
Herbert Tivis Hunt Clerk San Joaquin District . National Guard
Jos. Henry Horsey Heating mechanic S. F. District Lieutenant Naval Reserve
Dan J Hastie Gas arc trimmer Alameda Co. District. . .U. S. Army
Carl B Johnson Asst. Supt. Gas Works. .San Jose District Officers Reserve Corps
George C. Koenig Substation foreman MarysvUle District U. S. Army
Wm L Kinz Machinist's helper Sacramento Supply Dist.National Guard
, T^ T^- . ■ ♦ '1st Lieutenant Officers
Marcel P. Lohse Laborer and general man. Drum District '^ Reserve Corps
Clifford Langford Clerk Marin District^ . . National Guard
Bernard H. Linden Sub. Sta. Operator Alameda Co. District . Signal Corps
Harold Mayer Lemoin . . Meter repairman Sacramento District .... 5th Infantry N. G. C.
/Vice Pres. and Gen'l\2nd Lieutenant Coast
W. Bartlett Mel Engineer [ jyigr's Office / Artillery N. G. G.
/Vice Pres. and Gen'l
M. B. Mensing Clerk ^ Mgr's Office Engineer Corps
Jos J Madden Lineman S. F. District U. S. Navy
Jas Nelson Mosher Engineer Alameda Go. District. . .U. S. Navy
Al Newhart • - Lineman's apprentice . . . Marin District Aviation Corps
Ernest W. Rowe Stenographer San Jose District National Guard
Leslie Edw. Sampson . . . CU-rk Redwood District Aviation Corps
(' J Schleck Local Mgr. Oro Corp . . . MarysviUe District National Guard
Harold Schlemmer Clerk Alameda Co. District Transport Service
J F Sibbett Jr . . .Messenger Alameda Co. District. . .U. S. Navy
Clarke C. Thompson . . Engineer Alameda Co. District. .U. S. Navy
Jacaues Terhell Electro mechanic Laboratory Engineer Corps
Thos W Wal h . . . .Water Tender S. F. District U. S. Na^T
Pacific Service Magazine
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The Financial Side of ''Pacific Service
99
By A. F. HOCKENBEAMER
WE present below preliminary income account statement for the month of
April and for the fom- months ended April 30th; also Statement of Con-
sumers at April 30th.
PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Month of April
, 1917
1916
Increase
Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Electric Department
$ 854,684.21
655,385.27
86,848.17
$ 788,968.05
627,743.71
69,816.22
$ 65,716.16
27,641.56
17,031.95
Gas Department
Other Departments
Total Gross Operating Revenue
*
$1,596,917.65
*
$1,486,527.98
$ 110,389.67
Expenses:
Maintenance
$ 99,414.30
657,257.91
90,230.43
20,000.00
104,166.67
$ 105,267.37
562,669.75
76,177.92
19,000.00
104,166.67
$"'94,588.16
14,052.51
1,000.00
$ 5,853.07
Operating and General
Taxes
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollec-
tible Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
Total Expenses
$ 971,069.31
$ 867,281.71
$ 103,787.60
Net Earnings from Operation
$ 625,848.34
47,248.07
$ 619,246.27
29,068.63
$ 6,602.07
18,179.44
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales and
other Miscellaneous Income
Total Net Income
$ 673,096.41
344,491.02
$ 648,314.90
321,736.05
$ 24,781.51
22,754.97
Bond Interest
Balance
% 328,605.39
15,418.28
$ 326,578.85
14,431.59
$ 2,026.54
986.69
Apportionment of Bond Discount and
Expense
Surplus
$ 313,187.11
123,559.51
$ 312,147.26
113,783.80
$ 1,039.85
9,775.71
Dividends (Accrued) on Preferred Stocks. .
Surplus (unappropriated)
$ 189,627.60
$ 198,363.46
$ 8,735.86
"Includes $28,535.93 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1917 and $30,135.86 in 1916.
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PRELIMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
Four Months — January 1st to April 30th
1917
1916
Increase Decrease
Gross Operating Revenue:
Elettric Department. ......
(jias Department
Other Departments
; 3,489,362.66 $ 3,395,017.24
2,743,048.49 2,680,631.90
345,370.24 288,786.53
$ 94,345.42
62,416.59
56,583.71
Total Gross Operating Revenue .
$ 6,577,781.39 $ 6,364,435.67
$ 213,345.72
Expenses:
Maintenance
Operating and General Expenses
Taxes
Reserves for Casualties and Uncollec-
tible Accounts
Reserve for Depreciation
; 387,131.75:
2,786,356.00
358,708.07
80,000.00
416,666.68
. 380,512.47
2,414,859.35
308,429.15
76,000.00
416,666.68
6,619.28
371,496.65
50,278.92
4,000.00
Total Expenses
Net Earnings from Operation .
$ 4,028,862.50 $ 3,596,467.65
$ 432,394.85
Add Profits on Merchandise Sales and
other Miscellaneous Income
$ 2,548,918.89 $ 2,767,968.02
146,489.90 179,529.01
Total Net Income .
Bond Interest
Balance
1 2,695,408.79 $ 2,947,497.03
1,339,383.78 1,298,940.80
40,442.98
Apportionment of Bond Discount and
Expense
$ 1,356,025.01 $ 1,648,556.23
61,647.36 57,726.36
3,921.00
Surplus
Dividends (Accrued) on Preferred Stocks. .
Surplus (unappropriated)
i 1,294,377.65 $ 1,590,829.87
494,055.86! 452,029.05
42,026.81
$ 800,321.79 81,138,800.82
$ 219,049.13
33,039.11
$ 252,088.24
$ 292,531.22
$ 296,452.22
$ 338,479.03
♦Includes $120,347.55 in dispute, account of rate litigation in 1917 and $130,885.09 in 1916.
Statement of Consumers by Departments as of April 30th
April
Gas
Electric
Water
Steam Sales
80th
Department
Department
Department
Department
Total
1907
106,795
45.535
5,311
157,641
1908
123,794
56.197
5,638
185,629
1909
131,409
63.889
5,875
201,173
1910
141,688
73,260
6,489
221.437
1911
155,637
90,450
7.009
6
253,102
1912
180,497
106.301
7,531
153
294,482
1913
197.666
120.384
7,481
239
325,770
1914
210.216
136.338
8,691
302
355.547
1915
222,936
155.759
9.144
353
388,192
1916
226.784
169.200
9.685
381
406,050
1917
235,103
184.277
12,041
400
431,821
Gain in 10 years
128.308
138,742
6.730
400
272,180
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On April 30, 1917, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had enough stockholders
to form an important city, the number being a shade less than 8000. Of this number
4429 — more than 55 per cent of the total — owned twenty shares or less.
Owning up to 10 shares
" over 10 and up to 20 shares.
" 20 " " 30
" 30 " " 40 "
" 40 " " 50
" " 50 shares
STOCKHOLDERS
2,579
1,850
937
376
249
1,969
7960
PACIFIC SERVICE OFFERS AID TO LIBERTY LOAN
The following telegrams were exchanged between Mr. A. F. Hockenbeamer, our
Vice-President and Treasurer, and the Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury, in connection with the offer of "Pacific Service" to assist our Government
in selUng Liberty Bonds.
TT \HT r> AT A "San Francisco, Cal., May 4, 1917.
Hon. William G. McAdoo, » > j »
Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. C.
In reference to sale of government bonds may I offer suggestion that customers
lists which, for purpose of billing, are maintained on addressograph plates by pubhc
utility companies in United States afford a medium of reaching effectively and almost
instantaneously millions of substantial citizens who do not come within the scope of
ordinary activities of securities selhng organizations. I am prompted to offer this
suggestion by recent experience of this Company in conducting stock selling cam-
paign among its customers, and mention as indicative of celerity and practicability
of this method, supplemented by newspaper pubhcity, that within one week after
our circulars and order blanks were printed we had them in hands of two hundred
and sixty thousand customers and sold approximately seven and one-half million
dollars of stock to people who in great majority of cases could not have been reached
by stock and bond selling firms. We also have on our addressograph plates ready
for instant use names and addresses of approximately twenty-five thousand holders
of stocks and bonds of this Company, and similar situation undoubtedly obtains in
a greater or lesser degree with majority of other corporations. It is perhaps obvious
to characterize these as most valuable mailing lists of investors in existence. My
experience leads me to believe that if foregoing channels could be utilized by govern-
ment, excellent results would be obtained. The undersigned Company will be glad
to place at your disposal for purpose herein indicated its extensive maihng list capable
to reaching forty per cent of entire population of State of California; if Department
can supply necessary circulars, order blanks and mailing facilities."
. j:, tt "Washington, D. C, May 16, 1917.
A. F. Hockenbeamer, > j »
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
San Francisco, Cal.
Your suggestion of using customers lists of your Company as medium for sale of
Liberty Loan seems admirable and I welcome your co-operation. In order to avoid
duplication of effort I have requested the Governors of the Federal Reserve Banks
in the several districts to organize Liberty Loan Committee to take charge of this
work, therefore recommend that you consult Mr. Archibald Kains, Governor Federal
Reserve Bank, San Francisco, relative to your patriotic offer. His Committee can
supply necessary circulars, subscription blanks and maiUng facilities.
W. G. McAdoo."
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Company desires to serve its patrons in the best possible manner.
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up with the district office.
Volume VIII MAY, 1917 Number 12
EDITORIAL
Have you bought your Liberty Bond ?
Members, Stockholders, Friends of " Pacific Service," Readers of
" Pacific Service Magazine," this inquiry is addressed directly to you !
Your country puts before you a proposition which appeals at once to your
patriotism and your business sense.
Taking the first, your country calls upon you to rally round the Flag of Liberty
and do your bit toward maintaining the perfect freedom of democracy that makes
for the true civilization in this twentieth century.
There is more than one way, of course, in which you may do your bit, but this
particular message to you concerns one that is second to none in importance just
now. You are aware that the United States, the richest nation in the world, has
pledged her almost inexhaustible credit to secure a popular loan of seven billion
dollars to the allied powers that are fighting the good fight for world democracy
across the seas, and that two biUions of this amount must be raised without delay.
It is not to be thought of, then, that there shall be any failure on the part of our
good citizenship to respond to the call sent out. This is not a scheme of high finance;
it is an earnest, business proposition for the people, the plain everyday people of this
country, to take hold of and put through themselves. Just as the responsible citizen-
ship of the United States will readily loan the best of its young blood, if need be, to
the colors at the front, so should that same citizenship come forward and set seal
upon its patriotism by subscribing, each to the proper limit of his financial ability,
to this money loan that is to enable America's allies to carry on their common cause
to a victorious end.
It becomes, then, a patriotic duty for every good American citizen to assist his,
or her, government to fulfill its pledge to those other governments that stand shoulder
to shoulder with it at this crisis in the world's history. In other words, every American
who subscribes to the belief that an American should stand by his, or her, country
should subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
So much for the patriotic side of the question; now for the business side. The
"reasons why" are best and most concisely set forth by Mr. Archibald Kains, of
San Francisco, governor of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District Bank. He tells you:
Pacific Service Magazine 457
First: — These Liberty Bonds are the safest investment known. This statement,
surely, is incontrovertible. America's credit today is the soundest and strongest of
any country in the world, and her credit is pledged as security for this loan to which
you are invited to subscribe.
Second: — As an investment they are a good business proposition. At a time when
there is talk of high taxation to meet the demands that America's participation in
this world's war must entail, it is something to know of a safe, sound investment that
will bring you in 3}^ per cent net interest. Net, mind you; for these Liberty Loan
bonds are non-taxable. They, therefore, not only offer a maximum of security for
the principal but, in comparison with former bond issues of the United States, the
return in interest is most liberal.
Third: — The United States Government guarantees to pay you more income, if
future loans carry higher interest rate. This means that should the war last longer
than we hope or expect and our country's government feels called upon to issue a
further loan at a higher rate of interest, you who will have subscribed for this first
loan will receive that higher rate upon your bonds.
Fourth: — You can buy these bonds on the installment plan. Not only does the
United States Government permit you to pay a small deposit, 2 per cent, upon your
purchase, and the balance in installments extending to August 30th, but the bankers
of the country have pledged their loyalty to the cause by undertaking to finance
their customers who, within their means, desire to become purchasers.
This last "reason why" removes the last possible objection. If you haven't the
ready money, it will be found for you, and you will be given reasonable time to make
good on your contract.
In conclusion, the loan is a good thing for the country, for the reason that most of
the money will be spent at home. It will set industries going, will encourage trade
in every direction. Speaking of California and the West, there will be a very large
expenditure in food stuffs, products of the soil, and the farmer, who is the lifeblood
and backbone of the vast Western commonwealth, will reap the reward of an increased
industry.
So, good citizens, come forward without delay and subscribe to the Liberty Loan,
those of you who have not already done so. Buy a bond, and put it away. Some
day it will go to a premium, as, if you remember, did the Spanish War loan bonds
which paid but three per cent.
The Liberty Loan bond is the one investment without a worry.
It represents the obligation of your country.
It is the safest investment in the world.
It will always be good.
It is real patriotism. Put a punch into your patriotism and buy one.
It is good business. Show your business sense by purchasing without delay.
If you have any remaining doubts, consult your banker, or any other banker,
and he will resolve them in short order.
Anticipate the inevitable inquiry:
" Have you bought your Lirerty Bond.^ If not, why not.*^"
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Tidings From Territorial Districts
Alameda District
Jack Pape, Geo. B. Furniss, A. Brandt
and Al Parratt did the convention at
Riverside held by the National Electric
Light Association last month. The seri-
ous proceedings are recorded elsewhere;
but from gleanings, the personal doings
should be recorded here. There was a
special train for the delegates from Oak-
land, personally conducted by Earl
Fisher, who borrowed a cap from the
porter for a dime and looked officiously
swell. Earl says it is surprising what a
dime will do; just start your friends writ-
ing a chain of letters enclosing 10 cents
each and see! Anyway, as soon as the
special pulled past Berkeley, Jack Pape
thawed and wrinkles turned to smiles.
There was not much opportunity for
sleep; especially when waiting for a
promised midnight lunch which never
came. Earl explanationed that someone
who should have put up three-dollar en-
tertainment fee flunked, and so, a chain
being no stronger than its weakest link,
the entertainment flunked.
Possibly it was Jack. Anyway, it kept
everyone up late, so there were no early
ones next morning. Jack Pape got into a
tan shoe on one foot and a black one on
the other. The conductor, distributing
the identification checks, called his at-
tention to the discrepancy. Jack imme-
diately rushed after the porter. The
porter was perplexed, remarking that it
was queer, but another man had kicked
about the same thing that very morning.
It was not until noon that Jack found his
other shoe on Furniss.
Brandt says he always sleeps on a
train like a log, but, strangely, he named
every jolt and station passed and yet
could not explain three "dead soldiers"
found in his berth. ^Vhen he crawled out
on the stepladder he discovered Furniss
crawling out from under a lower berth.
Furniss says he was looking for shoes or
near-shoes, but Brandt accused him of
having slept there. About that time there
was a cry through the train of "Extra!
Extra! Three Schooners Wrecked in
Mojave Desert." Brandt looked confused,
remarking it was a "dry joke in an arid
region." Parratt was delighted with the
train entertainment, but that was be-
cause he is easily pleased, remarked
Pape. Jack is a great lover of music; he
and the dago accordion player became
chummy and rode together to the hotel.
The boys did not forget the stay-at-
homes, for they sent us a night tele-
graphic letter, and all the names
mentioned therein were assessed for its
sending. Charlie Wilson came up with a
nickel because his initials were the same
as Jordan's, to whom the message was ad-
dressed. Pape short-changed Parratt and
made a dime. Furniss nominated Brandt
to send the message, handing him the
funds collected. This stuck Brandt for
the deficit. Brandt came back with a
nickel and beneficently handed it to
Pape. It was supposed,"^ of course, fifty
words would cost at least half a dollar,
and it was only 30 cents — a nickel more
than handed Brandt.
On the trip down. Earl Fisher had
marched a band through the train, play-
ing the snare drum for his part. Charlie
Wilson, perhaps Pape, or someone, said
it was a snare and a beat, up and down.
Jack Pape, as you perceive, popular-
ized and endeared himself to the bunch.
The boys upon their return gave a lunch-
eon and presented Jack with a loving-
cup. His emotions could not be tran-
scribed to words, but, recovering, he felt
the inspiration and thus expressed him-
self in verse:
This cup you give, dear boys,
Shall bless fond thoughts of Riverside,
And in my dreams and wak'ning joys
Shall to my ending bier abide.
A. NoN Est.
The "Pacific Service" emplovees of
Alameda County District pledged' $250 to
the Red Cross work. The money was
promptly raised, showing ready response
to a good cause.
The dance in San Francisco April 26th
given by the "Pacific Service" Emplovees
Association was largely attended bv mem-
bers and their friends'of Alameda County
District. Dances are fine opportunities
for getting acquainted. Let their be
more acquaintance and more dances.
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F. R. George, load dispatcher, gave a
talk to the student body of the Oakland
Vocational High School as to how elec-
tricity is generated in the mountains and
the many problems in delivering the cur-
rent to our big cities.
The "Pacific Service" Male Glee Club
has been joined by ten young ladies, with
the object of forming a double sextette
of mixed voices under the leadership of
Mr. Lowell Redfield. The requirements
for membership are quite exacting, so
those admitted are to be complimented.
The tennis court at Fifty-first and Shat-
luck Avenue is open to all employees. It
is fascinating and health-giving exercise.
This is an opportunity to learn. Should
you want to join a beginners' class, send
your name to the main office, Thirteenth
and Clay. R. A. Gentis is instructor
emeritus.
Alameda Countv District's picnic will
be held at East Shore Park June 23rd.
Something doing every minute.
The Oakland Ad Club made their lunch-
eon May 8th Pacific Gas and Electric day,
with Mr. Frank A. Leach Jr., chairman,
and Mr. Fred C. Piatt, speaker. Mr. Piatt
held the big crowd past the usual hour,
showing the value of light in advertising.
He compared a show window to a theatre
stage in its setting and its entertainment
to invite purchase. The comparative
costs of light were illustrated, as well as
various uses.
I
Marysville District
An eff'ective co-operative organization
of the food producers of Yuba and Sutter
counties, to make available for the
national defense every unsalable acre of
land in the vast, combined areas of the
two counties, is to be the outgrowth of
the war mass meeting held in April in
Foresters' Hall under the direction of the
State Council of Defense and the leader-
ship of agricultural experts of the Uni-
versity of California.
To accomplish this organization the
mass meeting, without a dissenting vote,
adopted a resolution expressing the pur-
pose of the assembled farmers to do all
within their power to meet the national
needs and named Horticultural Commis-
sioners George W. Harney of Yuba County
and H. P. Stabler of Sutter County to head
and organization committee in each
county.
Thousands of dollars at a low rate of
interest have been offered by the local
banks to the farmers of Yuba and Sutter
counties to encourage planting of all idle
land in the two counties.
Dunning Rideout, vice-president of the
Rideout banks, said that the money for
this purpose is unlimited and the
only condition of the loan is that the
money be used for buying seed and culti-
vating the land.
Amazing increases in the food produc-
tion of Yuba County — surpassing all pre-
dictions— are revealed in the first official
compilation of the agricultural resources
of the war year presented by Horticul-
tural Commissioner George W. Harney at
the Defense Council conferences which
preceded the meeting in April.
The Harney report will show that the
acreage planted to rice has increased
from 2000 to 12,000, or 600 per cent, dur-
ing the last year. The acreage planted to
beans has increased 400 per cent, from
1000 to more than 4500. Vegetable plant-
ing shows an increase of 200 per cent.
The potato production will gain 100 per
cent.
Even more significant than these re-
markable figures, when considered in re-
lation to the nation-wide appeal for emer-
gency production, is Harney's statement
that 5000 unused acres in Yuba can be
profitably plowed for summer fallow.
Improvement of the roads will be
pointed out by Harney as the crying need
of Yuba, if the county's resources are to
be developed to the fullest. Farm equip-
ment, men and money are needed to oper-
ate the available lands.
Harney's statistics show that out of
400,000 acres, the cultivated area of Yuba
County is 171,350 acres. The irrigated
area is 40,000 acres.
Horticultural Commissioner H. P. Sta-
bler of Sutter County will show in his re-
port, made at the same conference, that
of a total area of 389,120 acres, the divi-
sion is as follows:
Sutter Buttes, pasture, 45,000 acres, un-
cultivated; overflowed, 15,000 acres;
summer cropped land, 61,000 acres; im-
proved land, 268,000 acres; orchards and
vineyards, 22,188 acres; alfalfa, 5000
acres.
The figures presented by the two hor-
ticultural commissioners will prove the
abilitv of the two counties not only to
bear tlieir share of the national burden,
but, also, to greatly increase the total
productions of all foodstuffs should the
need arise.
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The bean crop of the Sutter basin re-
gion this year will be nearly double the
crop of 1916 unless all predictions fail.
Twenty-five thousand acres will be
planted to beans this year — 9000 more
than last year — and it is conservatively
estimated that the crop will reach the
enormous total of 278,000 sacks, as
against 103,000 sacks last year.
The high prices that are now prevail-
ing for rice have greatly stimulated the
planting of this cereal in the rice belt,
and thousands of acres are to be planted
which it was thought two weeks ago
would be utilized for other purposes. The
prices have advanced during the past
month to upwards of four cents, while
earlier in the season the growers could
not receive a bid of more than .$1.45.
Rice growers from all parts of the
State have signed an agreement to organ-
ize for the next season. The decision was
reached at a meeting recently held in
Sacramento of the Rice Growers' Associa-
tion. The contracts will be much simpler
than last year.
According to the monthly report of
Horticultural Commissioner H. P. Stabler,
fruit has been little damaged by the frost
and there will be 100 per cent crops of
all fruits except apricots, which were
damaged by frost, while the almond pro-
duction will not go above 85 per cent.
Stabler's figures are: Almonds, 85; apri-
cots, 75; apples, cherries, peaches (can-
ning), peaches (drying), pears, plums
and prunes, all 100 per cent.
Over 2000 people marched in the big
patriotic parade held in Marysville in
April. The parade was proposed by the
lodge of Klks and the idea met with ready
response in all parts of the city, many
of the fraternal institutions taking up the
idea and marching in the parade.
Twenty or thirty more years have been
added to the life of the Yuba County
<lredge fields as the result of the improve-
ments made in recent years in gold
dredges and as the result of experiments
by the Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields
Company near Hammonton. New dredges,
it has been found, can redrcdge old fields
and the cleanups show little or no difi'er-
ence between the second dredging and
the first. This means that new boats will
ho built to redredge tiie fields considered
"dredged out" years ago.
The old dredges, which did not go as
<leep by twenty-five feet as the ones now
in operation, dredged but a single "fur-
row." They left between an "apex." New
dredges, which are more modern and
thorough, go twenty-five feet deeper, and
have been put to dredge crosswise in
these old fields. The cleanups have
been beyond all expectations. In fact,
it is said, the redredging with the mod-
ern "gold boats" has resulted in more
gold being secured than was got years
ago with the first dredges.
These experiments mean much for
Yuba County. They mean that when
the present virgin gold dredging ground
is exhausted, some twenty years or so
hence, the dredges will be put to work
redredging the old ground.
Business in general is considered good,
and never before have our collections
been in better shape or our losses smaller
for the past six months, which speaks
well for the general prosperity of our
district and the welfare of the merchants
and ranchers for the coming season.
J. E. POINGDESTRE.
Sacramento District
Mr. L. M. Normington, of the street
railway department, and Miss Ellen For-
est Marchand surprised their friends
through the announcement of their mar-
riage Saturday, May 5th. Immediately
after the ceremony they departed for the
bay cities, where they are enjoying their
honeymoon. "Pacific Service" joins their
many friends in extending best wishes
and hearty congratulations to the young
couple.
Building activities in Sacramento for
the month of April, according to figures
prepared by the city building inspec-
tor's office, are 160 per cent greater than
for the same period of the previous year.
The number of permits this month, how-
ever, is sixteen less than last year, 102
permits having been issued for that
period. The figures for the two months
are as follows: April, 1917, $213,171;
April, 1916, $79,573.
Mr. Camp of the General Electric Com-
pany, on the evening of May 8th gave
a very interesting lecture, illustrated by
stereopticon views, on the development,
construction and efficiency of the single-
phase motor. The Sacramento contract-
ors and dealers and a number of the
employees of the Great Western Power
Company and "Pacific Service" were in
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attendance. The lecture was exceedingly
instructive and highly entertaining.
The Rotary Club of Sacramento found
a novel way to increase the Red Cross
funds. In a recent contest within that
organization, one of the members was
presented with a chicken at the banquet
table. The owner's unselfishness would
not permit him to retain the prize exclu-
sively, so he conceived the idea of put-
ting it up to auction for the benefit of
the Red Cross. It was quickly sold and
the new purchaser again sold it to the
highest bidder. This program was con-
tinued until each member was forced to
buy the chicken. $636.00 was thus
raised — some chicken — and said chicken
has now received such an extended pedi-
gree that it will be escorted with all
pomp and ceremony due to its new sta-
tion in life and be turned over to the
Rotary Club in San Francisco, and so on
continue over the entire Pacific Coast to
similarly gather shekels for the benefit
of the Red Cross.
About 200 Sacramento District em-
ployees combined with those of Placer
District, their families and friends, and
held a joint picnic at Crystal Springs,
near the Wise power house, Sunday, May
6th. A few years ago this would have
been impracticable, but this location,
some thirty-five miles distant from Sacra-
mento, is now reached via the new State
highway, a boulevard with a surface like
glass for automobiling. The company
machines, augmented by a number of pri-
vately-owned automobiles, provided am-
ple transportation, and the ride, thanks
to a perfect spring day, contributed in
no small part to the pleasure of the out-
ing. After a wonderful panorama of
vividly green fields, orchards and vine-
yards— with here and there a stretch of
wilder country, the mountains always in
the background — the drive ended in the
curve about the beautiful Wise power
house, and there came the less poetic but
just as deep delights of Crystal Springs,
where the crowd found plenty of diver-
sion amid boulder, pine and fern.
Among the lesser sports besides eating,
horseshoes, quoits and swimming took
an important place. Ed Pitt, from the
street railway department, took first prize
in the game of quoits, scoring twelve
ringers and nine leaners to his credit,
while Ed de Vcltrup, of the electric meter
department, at the horseshoes won hands
down. All he had to do was to lean his
six feet six inches over and gracefully
stretch forth his arm toward yonder
stake and win his game. The real game
of class, however, was an exhibition con-
test at quoits by C. W. McKillip and Capt.
Baldwin vs. K. I. Dazey and E. A. Wey-
mouth. This was long and hotly con-
tested, with honors even up to the last,
when "K. I." with great dexterity
dropped the last quoit as near as four
feet from the stake and thereby crowned
his team with victory.
When it came to aquatic sports. Miss
Battelle and Miss Anderson displayed
great form, while Miss Gentis never got
away from the rope. C. R. Gill, from
Auburn, showed great speed for getting
in and out. His bath, I think, lasted fif-
teen seconds, while Manager Cooper from
Auburn never got in above his waist. We
never knew whether it was cold water
or cold feet, but you can ask "Herb."
When it came to picking ferns, Frank
Robinson was there a million. He even
forgot himself and did an "Annette Kel-
lerman" with his clothes on in the creek
for brook sea moss.
Everyone, from Dave Fulcher's prize-
winning six-months-old daughter to Uncle
Joe Beer, grandfather of six, had a good
time, and it is hard to recall an outing
of the district which gave a bigger re-
turn in happiness, good-fellowship and
renewed energy for every-day tasks to
come.
E. A. W^EYMOUTH.
Redwood District
An agreement has been entered into
with the Board of Trustees of Mayfield
for the electrifying of their city pumping
plant. This plant has been operated with
steam, and we have for a number of
years endeavored to install motors, but
without success until this month. This
is the only water plant on the Peninsula
that was not using "Pacific Service."
Leslie (Dewey) Sampson, clerk in the
office of W. T, Kellogg, gas superintend-
ent, and star second baseman of the Red-
wood District ball team, joined the avia-
tion corps and has left for the training
camp at San Diego.
The following item, published in the
General Electric Company's news letter
under the heading "Service," was con-
tributed by Mr. C. V. Ross, the General
Electric Company's sales agent at San
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Francisco. In contributing this item to
the credit of "Pacific Service" Mr. Ross
takes occasion to observe:
"This item is only a small part of the
service of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company given to the General Electric
organization and we appreciate it."
SERVICE
Mr. Fleishhacker has a 10-h. p. mo-
tor, Type K, driving a deep well pump
at his summer home at Atherton.
This pump delivers water into a
storage tank which is always kept
under an air pressure of about 80
pounds.
The "K" motor does not deliver
the necessary torque on starting, so
the outfit was not satisfactory, es-
pecially since it draws 150 amp.
on start through three 3-k. w.
transformers.
The Enterprise Electric Works
have been ordered to put in a 15-
h. p. motor and to see that every-
thing would be correct. I asked the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company's
Redwood office for information on
the line capacity and transformers
and informed them of the 15-h. p. in-
stallation. I have received three calls
from the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company since I asked for the infor-
mation— one call from San Mateo in-
forming me that they would have a
man go down and look the line over
and see if everything is O. K. for a
larger motor, and the second call
from Redwood City, stating that a
man had called at Mr. Fleishhacker's
place and found that three 5-k. w.
transformers would be necessary.
The third call on the 'phone the
same day from San Mateo again
stated that three 5-k. w. transform-
ers will be installed, and thanked
me.
Some service! C. V. Ross.
Note the subjoined clipping from one
of the local papers about Mr. H. H.
Dashiell, our head collector, who appar-
ently has solved the high cost of living
problem:
Strip Two by Fifty Feet Grows Potatoes
For a Family of Four
A strip of land between the curb
and the sidewalk in front of the
Dashiell home, in Palo Alto, keeps a
family of four in potatoes the year
round. Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Dasliiell
and familv have been hitting the
high cost of living right between the
eyes for the last four years by in-
tensive farming on a plot of ground
two feet wide and fifty feet long in
front of their home.
E. W. Florence.
Solano District
The enclosed clipping is from the April
27th issue of the Solano Republican, pub-
lished at Suisun. F. A, Starmer is our
local agent at Suisun. He advises that
his exhibit has attracted a great deal of
interest and that he is now swamped
with historic relics of all kinds.
C. E. Sedgwick.
Rare Old-Time Relics
Have you seen the real old-time
relics gathered together by F. A.
Starmer at considerable labor, and
displayed in the window of the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company?
One of these is a handwork Ameri- ^
can flag made in 1861, which was
used in this city to celebrate the in-
auguration of President Abraham
Lincoln. The flag is the property of
Mrs. Rutherford and was formerly
owned by her father, the late F. O.
Staples. There is also on display in
this window several old newspapers.
These are the Daily Advertiser of
New York, published in 1789; the
Columbian Sentinel, published at
Roston in 1794, and the Eastern Her-
ald and Maine Gazette, published at
Portland, Maine, in 1804.
The window also contains an
agreement for the purchase of a
church pew in Massachusetts in 1803.
The old papers are quite a curiosity,
as the esses and effs are alike, and
bother the modern reader consider-
ably in his perusal of the contents.
Yolo District
The employees of Yolo District held
their second annual reunion at Woodland
on the evening of Saturday, April 28th.
Banquet tables were spread in Odd Fel-
lows' Hall. District Manager J. W, Coons
presided over a gathering of about'
seventy-five. As already advertised in
the local papers, there was "a flock of
good eats" to cheer those present and put
them in mental as well as physical con-
dition to bear the strain of speech-mak-
ing which followed.
Pacific Service Magazine
463
There were many guests from various
points of the company's system. From
San Francisco came Henry Bostwick, P.
M. Downing, F. S. Myrtle, W. J. Driscoll,
V. R. Hughes, Wm. Henderson, R. E.
Fisher, C. E. Young, E. H. Steele and
John Gilbert. Load Dispatcher Fred
George held up the dignity of Oakland.
C. D. Clark came from Napa, Ed Johnson
from Marysville, Charlie Sedgwick from
Dixon and W. E. Eskew all the way from
Electra. Near-by Sacramento was ably
represented by E. A. Weymouth, C. E.
Westcott and H. C. Ross,
The entertainment features were ush-
I ered in by John Gilbert, who sang several
selections in his usual inspiriting style.
Harry Bostwick presented a toast from
Mr. Britton. Then came Mr. J. E. Brink,
1 president of the Woodland Farm and
Town Club, with a message of welcome.
; In this he dwelt with emphasis upon the
cordial feeling entertained by the public
I toward the corporations of today.
! Speaking particularly of "Pacific Serv-
iice" Mr. Brink said: "The men of your
; company have shown their patriotism
and their loyalty throughout, and the
people of Woodland are well satisfied
with the service they are getting."
Chief Engineer P. M. Downing told of
the evolution of the company's electric
system, and he scored a hit when he an-
nounced the decision of the head office
to meet the present agricultural situation
by giving surplus water in its irrigation
districts to ranchers free of charge. "It
lis our company's contribution to the
proposed increased food supply," said
Mr. Downing amid cheers.
Mr. Fred Shaffer, secretary of the Yolo
County Board of Trade, made the an-
nouncement that Yolo County had been
proved to be the richest county in the
State, with an average of $225 per capita
in the savings banks, taking the county
at large, and an average of $1000 in the
city of Woodland. Touching upon the
war, Mr. Shaffer said that the angel of
democracy was bringing freedom to the
oppressed peoples of the world, and he
thought that the people of this country
could best show their patriotism by food
conservation.
Between discourses, the General Elec-
tric Company's spectacular film entitled
"The King of Rails" was exhibited.
Publicity Manager F". S. Myrtle closed the
speech-making with an address upon
'Service" as the best aid to publicity.
'America" and "The Star Spangled Ban-
ner" were rendered with a will, and
when the gathering broke up it was voted
one of the most successful ever held.
,♦, P. S.
Marin District
Mr. Joseph P. Baloun, chief draftsman
of our company and a resident of this
district, has been elected one of the Board
of School Trustees for Marin County. The
term of office is three years.
Wallace H. Foster.
Fresno District
Raisin day was appropriately cele-
brated in Fresno this year. The city was
packed to the limit of its capacity. Every
room at the hotels was engaged weeks in
advance, and the apartment and lodging
houses were overflowing. Trains brought
visitors from every direction, the sun
shone, the air was balmy, and the Raisin
City put on a gala dress well worthy of a
great occasion.
The parade was up to standard in every
respect. Some idea of its magnitude may
be gained from the fact that it took one
hour and a half to pass a given point.
The sister valley counties of San Joaquin,
Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, Kings
and Kern were each suitably represented,
and there was an imposing delegation
from Los Angeles. Imposing figures in the
parade were Governor Stephens and
Mayor Rolph. Following the parade the
entire crowd traveled out to Agricultural
Park, w^here a striking pageant, entitled
"The Raisin — Power, Peace and Prosper-
ity," was presented by young men and
women residents of Fresno County. The
thought conveyed by this was concisely
expressed in the "foreword," which read
as follows :
"On this, our ninth annual California
Raisin Day, Patriotism is our watchword.
Native-born and foreign-born, we are first
of all citizens of the United States. This
land of ours is our Melting-Pot. Into it
millions of us have been poured from
every quarter of the globe; let us issue
from it wholehearted Americans, proud
of this great country, proud of our glo-
rious California, proud of the Raisin — the
sign of our Power, Peace and Prosperity!"
All Fresno and her guests attended the
ball in the evening, and the celebration
did not close until the small hours of the
morning. F. S. M.
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Pacific Service Magazine
San Francisco District
Plans are on foot for flood-lighting the
City Hall. A field experiment has been
made bv installing eight projectors on
the roof of the Library Building, which
is (ioO feet distant from the City Hall.
^Vith this trial installation it was possible
to read upon the balcony of the City Hall
ordinary print held six feet away. The
total number of projectors comprising
this flood-lighting installation will be ap-
proximately loO. The proposed plan is
to illuminate the civic center nightly
from twilight to midnight.
The mystery that surrounded the ab-
sence of Mr. Geo. H. Hagar from the elec-
tric distribution department was cleared
away on April 16th, 1917, when word was
received of his marriage to Miss Dorothea
Mess of Livermore, California. Mr. and
Mrs. Hagar are now at home at College
and Derby Avenues, Berkeley, Cal.
By the placing of three lamp poles in
font of the new Southern Pacific building
at Spear and Market streets, the installa-
tion of the 429 "Path of Gold" lamps has
been completed.
Announcement has been made of the
birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Baden,
at hi Centro, Cal. Mr. Baden was former-
ly an engineer in the electric distribution
department.
Contracts have been recently made
with "Pacific Service" for the operation
of 96 h.-p. in motors at the California
Barrel Company's mill at Humboldt and
Illinois streets; 250 h.-p. in motors and
1000 fifty-watt lamps at the Ever-Ready
Battery Company's factory at Eighth and
Brannan streets; 20 h.-p. in motors for
the San Francisco Golf and Country Club.
Plans have been completed and work
will soon be started on the installation
of 256 lamps similar to the "Path of Gold"
in the triangle district bounded by Mar-
ket, Kearny, Post and Powell streets.
Mr. A. R. Thompson, general superin-
tendent of the electric distribution de-
l)artment, enjoyed a very interesting and
profitable trip to Riverside, to attend the
annual convention of the Pacific Coast
section of the National Electric Light
Association.
Work is nearing completion on the in-
stallation of a 11 k.-v. power house feeder
to Station "K." To accommodate all
companies requiring space on the over-
head section on Anza Street it w'as neces-
sary to set forty-eight 65-foot and 70-foot
poles.
A No. 4-0 2400-volt primary feeder has
been built from Station "F" to North
Point and Taylor streets, to meet the re-
quirements of the North Beach territory.
To date, seventy-three of the total of
112 600-c.-p. lamps in Golden Gate Park
have been installed. The results secured
are very satisfactory and emphasize the
need of lighting along the park drives.
The installation of the extra tracks on
Market Street, from Church Street to Van
Ness Avenue, for the Municipal Railway,
has made it necessary for the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company to move several
manholes out of the way.
Report of James Hugh Wise Library
— AND—
Pacific Coast Gas Associa-
tion Library
During the month of April we received
50 pamphlets which cover the following
subjects: 23 commerce reports; 20 mis-
cellaneous; 1 dominion water power
branch annual report, 1915-1916, donated
by the Hon. W. J. Roche, Minister of the
Interior, Ottawa, Canada; 6 public utili-
ties reports, December 7th and 21st, 1916,
.January 4th and 18th, February 1st and
15th, 1917, donated by Mr. P. M. Down-
ing's office.
The following magazines have been
bound: Power, July to December, 1916;
Engineering, July to December, 1916.
Total number of bound books on hand
to date, 1231; pamphlets, 4229.
Magazines by subscription, 15; by
exchange, 32.
The Pacific Coast Gas Association
Library has purchased the following
books:' Gas Chemist's Handbook, by
American Gas Institute; Operation of Gas
Works, by Walter M. Russell; Modern
(iasworks Practice, by Alwyne Meade;
Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis,
by Wilfred W. Scott.
Total number of books on hand to date,
1316; magazines by subscription, 7.
Pacific Service Magazine
465
Our "Pacific Service" Employees Association
a G
3 D
The first annual dance given under the
auspices of the Pacific Service Employees
Association was held at Native Sons' Hall,
San Francisco, Thursday evening, April
26th. Approximately 500 were present
and a delightful evening was spent by all.
The music for the occasion was fur-
nished by an orchestra of six pieces com-
posed of Pacific Service employees. The
quality of the music was exceptionally
fine, comparing favorably with any local
professional orchestra. The evening was
opened by Chairman Bostwick in his
usual happy and enthusiastic style and
then the audience stood and sang the
"Star-Spangled Banner." During the in-
termission between dances a number of
selections were given by the Rotary Male
Quartette which were very well received.
Those in attendance were unanimous
in their commendary expressions of the
enjoyable evening spent, the only request
being that these evenings be held oftener
in the future. Much credit is due the
the Reception and Floor committees for
the able manner in which the dance was
conducted.
The operation of the various depart-
ments of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco,
was described by Mr. H. P. Pitts, manager
of the Industrial Department, at the Oak-
land meeting held on Tuesday evening,
April 24th, in the ivory ballroom of the
Hotel Oakland.
The general scheme of operation was
graphically depicted by means of an
organization chart thrown upon the
screen. By means of motion pictures and
lantern slides Mr. Pitts took his audience
through all the departments of the big
hostelry, a very interesting feature being
the newly installed gas equipment in the
kitchen.
During the course of the evening selec-
tions were rendered by the Alameda
County Orchestra and the association's
glee club, the latter under the leadership
of Mr. Lowell Redfield.
At the regular meeting on Tuesday
evening. May 8th, in San Francisco, the
members and friends of the association
had the pleasure of listening to the Hon.
Frank J. Murasky, Judge of the Superior
Court. "The Work of the Juvenile Court"
was the subject chosen, and no man is
better qualified to speak on this splendid
work than Judge Murasky. In order to
illustrate the development of public sen-
timent in the methods employed in
handling off"enders of the law the judge
painted a graphic picture of early days
in the old jail in San Francisco, before
the advent of the patrol wagon and mod-
ern ambulance. Until about forty years
ago, the juvenile offender was treated in
the same manner as the hardened crim-
inal, and to Australia belongs the credit
of first introducing a system which recog-
nized a difl'erence between the hardened
ofl'ender and a boy or girl of immature
age. In the early prisons all sorts of
drunken men, opium fiends, and burglars
were put together.
A young boy, arrested for some minor
offense, was placed in this environment
and was taken before the court next
morning; there he saw the play of wit
and skill of the lawyers, and the whole
scene to him was a drama, the climax
came when the boy himself occupied the
center of the stage. With his acquittal or
the expiriation of a light sentence, the boy
went back to the gang, and being a hero
in his own eyes and those of his associ-
ates, he was ready for almost anything,
because he could not be a quitter.
466
Pacific Service Magazine
Today, however, all this is changed.
The boy, when arrested, is taken to a
detention home and the probation officer
places himself in the position of the boy's
father and tries to find out what impelled
him to commit the act. This is the phi-
losophy of the system. Judge Murasky
pointed out that as far as possible all
suggestions of a court were eliminated.
There was no district attorney, no wit-
ness— nothing which would in any way
suggest to the boy's mind that he had set
in motion the machinery of the State;
instead, the chance to make good was put
squarely up to him.
In helping the boy or girl the State
tries to put as much personality into the
work as possible, and during the period
of probation, carefully watches over them.
Judge Murasky also touched upon the
work of the domestic relations depart-
ment which dealt with the feeble-minded
and the children of delinquents, and
pointed out the splendid work which was
carried on by the State. No small meas-
ure of praise was also accorded the men
and women physicians of San Francisco
who tendered their specialized services,
free of charge, in lending a helping hand
to humanity.
Judge Murasky received a rising vole
of thanks at the conclusion of his splendid
address.
The association presented "Mrs. Tem-
ple's Telegram," a comedy in three acts,
by the students of the Paul Gerson
Dramatic School, tiie following members
taking part: Jack Temple, Mr. Alexander
Jarvie; Frank Fuller, his friend, Mr. Wal-
tc-r Miilberg; Mr. Brown, a iiairdresser,
Mr. Arno Goering; Wigson, a butler, Mr.
William Cavanaugh; Mrs. Jack Temple,
Miss Gladys Finnell; Mrs. Frank Fuller,
Miss Dorothy Anderson; Mrs. Martha
Brown, Miss Corrine Burrell.
During one of the intermissions a
clever monologue was given by Miss
Jessie Davenport, also a student of the
I'aul Gerson Dramatic School. The music
r(»r tlie evening was furnished by the San
l-rancisco District Orchestra.
The annual dinner of the Pacific Serv-
ice Employees Association will be held
on Thursday evening, June 14th, at the
Palace Hotel at 6:30 o'clock. A promi-
nent speaker is to address the gathering
and many unique forms of entertainment
will be the order of the evening.
Due notice and further details of the
dinner will be sent out by the secretary
at a later date. From present indications
over 500 will be in attendance.
Chairman Bostwick has addressed a
letter to the women employees of "Pacific
Service," pointing out the many ad-
vantages to be derived from membership
in the association and inviting their co-
operation and support. Messrs. Percy B.
Hardenbergh, San Francisco District; J.
Charles Jordan, Alameda County District,
and R. E. Fisher, Commercial Depart-
ment, have been appointed a committee
to prosecute a campaign for the organi-
zation of a thoroughly representative
ladies' auxiliary. Mr. Bostwick's letter
suggests also the formation of a ladies'
quartette, or, better, a ladies' glee club,
to take part in entertainments.
Watch Us Grow
Nineteen new members were added to
the roster of the Pacific Service Em-
ployees Association during the past
month, bringing the total membership to
date up to 812. Following is the list of
new members since the last issue:
G. W. Aniborn, Gas Distr. Dept., Oakland;
Frank Bastian, Gas Distr. Dcpt., Oakland; PhiUip
A. Kiehl, Elect. Distr. Dcpt., S. F. Dist. ; Miss
F.nie M. Brandt, President's Omce, S. P.; C. C.
('hapnian. Bookkeeping Dept., S. F. Dist.; E. C.
Conroy, Jr., Bookkeeping Dcpt., S. F. Dist.; A. E.
Dilling, Station "C," Oakland; H. T. Eberhart,
Gas Distr. Dcpt., Oakland; G. F. Fossey, Auditing
Dept, S. F. Dist.; G. C. Green, Gen. Cons. Dept.,
S. F. ; Miss lithel J. Heinerikson, President's Of-
fice, S. F. ; J. C. Hitchcock, Gas Distr. Dept., Rich-
mond; Russel Holt, Auditing Dept., S. F. ; W. B.
Lubis, Gas Distr. Dept., Oakland; Z. B. MacAuley,
O. & M. Dept., Oakland; William Rix, Bookkeep-
ing Dept., S. F. Dist.; Geo. C. Robb, Supl. of Sup-
plies, S. F. ; H. A. Spruance, Bookkeeping Dcpt.,
S. V. Dist.; Stanley W. Sprung, Bookkeeping Dcpt.,
.San Jose.
Pacific Service Magazine
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
F. B. Anderson
Henry E. Bothin
John A. Bhitton
W. H. Crocker
F. G. Drum
DIRECTORS
John S. Drum
F. T. Elsey
D. H. FooTE
a. f. hockenbeameb
Norman B. Livermore
John D. McReb
John A. McCandless
C. O. G. Miller
Charles T. Rodolph
George K. Weeks
OFFICERS
F. G. Drum • • President
John A. Brixton Vice-President and General Manager
A. F. Hockenheamer Second Vice-President and Treasurer
D. H. FooTE Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Jos. G. Love Assistant Treasurer
Ghas. L. Barrett Assistant Secretary
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
F. G. Baum Consulting Engineer
W. B. BosLEY . Attorney
H. BosTWicK Assistant to First Vice-President
M. H. Bridges Auditor
R. J. Cantrell Property Agent
J. P. CoGHLAN Manager Claims Department
C. P. Cutten Attorney, Rate Department
P. M. Downing Chief Engineer O. & M. Hydro-Elec. Section
E. B. Henley Manager Land Deptu-tment
Jno. H. Hunt Purchasing Agent
J. P. Jollyman Engineer Electrical Construction
E. C. Jones Chief Engineer Gas Department
W. H. Kline General Agent
S. J. LiSBERGER Engineer Electrical Distribution
F. S. Myrtle Manager Publicity Department
L. H. Newbert Manager Sedes Department
Geo. C. Robe Superintendent of Supplies
W. G. Vincent, Jb Valuation Engineer
S. V. Walton Manager Commercial Department
DISTRICT
Alameda County
Chico
Colgate . . . .
Colusa
Contra Costa
De Sabla . . . .
Drum
Electra ....
Fresno
Marin
Marysville . . .
Napa
Nevada
Petaluma . . . .
Placer
Redwood . . . .
Sacramento . . .
San Francisco
San Joaquin . .
San Jose . . . .
Santa Rosa . . .
Solano
Stanislaus . . .
Vallejo . . . .
Yolo
DISTRICT MANAGERS
HEADQUARTERS
.... Oaklemd .
.... Chico . .
.... Colgate .
.... Colusa
.... Martinez
. . . . De Sabla
.... Colfax
.... Electra .
.... Fresno
.... San Rafael
.... MarysviUe
.... Napa . .
.... Nevada City
.... Petaluma . .
.... East Auburn
.... Redwood City
.... Sacramento .
.... Seui Francisco
.... Stockton
.... Ssin Jose
.... Santa Rosa
.... Dixon . .
.... Newman
.... Vallejo . ,
.... Woodland .
MANAO B B
F. A. Leach, Jr.
H. B. Heryford
. Miles Werry
. . . R. H. Aver
. . Don C. Ray
I. B. Adams
. James Martin
. W. E. ESKEW
M. L. Neely
W. H. Foster
J. E. Poingdestrb
. .CD. Clark
L. H. Habtsock
. . . H. Webeb
. H. M. COOPEB
E. W. Florence
C. W. McKiLLip
Geo. C. Holberton
. J. W. Hall
J. D. KUSTER
. M. G. Hall
C. E. Sedgwick
W. A. WiDENMANN
A. J. Stephens
J. W. Coons
Pacific Service Magazine
Pacific Service Magazine
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Furnishes
PACIFIC SERVICE "
TO OVER 400,000 CONSUMERS OF
GAS • ELECTRICITY • WATER • STREET RAILWAY
Serving 1,717,344 Total Population, in Thirty of California's Counties
DIRECTLY
INDIRECTLY
TOTAL
No.
Population
Xi). Population
No.
Population
Electricity
127
48
10
1
1,152,402
1,165,677
45,350
75.000
48 , 120,431
2 1 7,800
8 • 17,800
175
50
18
1
1,272,833
1,173,477
Water (Domestic)
Railway
63,150
75,000
CITIES AND TOWNS SERVEDrUY COMPANY:
Place Population
>.Mameda 28.000
'.Albany 1,502
Alvarado 700
Alviso 540
•"'Araador City.. 900
Angel Island. . 280
Antioch 1.800
•.•\ptos 3(10
'.•\therton 250
'-•Auburn 2.500
«Barber 500
'Belmont 375
Belvedere 500
Benicia 2.400
'Ben Lomond.. 800
'Berkeley 55,000
"Bigiis 500
Bolinas 200
Brodcrick 600
'BurlinRame. . . 3.000
Campbell 700
•Capitola 275
Cement 1,000
Center ville 850
'Chico 15,000
'Colfax 850
'Colma 1.800
•Colusa 2,500
Concord 850
Cordelia 300
Corte Madera. 350
•-•Cotati 200
Coyote 200
Crockett 3,000
Crow'sLanding 300
•Daly City, . . . 4„S00
Danville 400
Davenport 300
Davis 1.700
Decoto 300
'Dixon 1,100
•Drytown 225
'Duncan's Mills 200
•Durham 300
'-'Dutch Flat. . . 750
•Eldridge 500
Elmira 350
•El Verano. ... 400
Unmarlced — Electricity only.
' — Gas only.
» — Gas and Electricity.
Pop
Place
'Emeryville. . . .
Esparto
'Fairfax
Fairfield
Fair Oaks. . . .
•Felton
Folsom
•Forest ville. . . .
'Fresno
•Gilroy
•Glen Ellen. . . .
'- 'Grass Valley . .
•Gridley
Grimes
•Groveland ....
•Guerneville. . .
Hammonton . .
'Hayward
'Hillsborough. .
•HoUister
•- 'lone
Irvington
•- 'J ackson
'Kentfield
•Kenwood
Knigiits Land-
ing.
'Larkspur
• 'Lincoln
Live Oak
•Livermore ....
'Lomita Park. .
'Loom is
Los .Altos
'Los Gatos. . . .
Madison
•Mare Island . .
Martinez
'Marysville. . . .
Mayfield
'Menio Park. . .
Meridian
'Millbrae
Mills
Mill Valley. . .
Milpitas
Mission San
Jose
ulation
3.000
250
250
900
300
300
2.000
225
35.000
2,900
900
5,100
1,800
350
250
780
500
3,500
900
2,800
1,000
800
2,250
500
200
400
750
1,500
300
2,500
450
450
500
3,000
250
500
2.500
6,600
1,050
1,100
225
300
350
2,900
350
500
Place
MokelumneHill
•.Morgan Hill . .
Mountain \'ie\v
Mt. Eden
'.Xapa
'- 'Nevada City. .
Newark
•Newcastle ....
Newman
Niles
•Novato
Population
300
00
2.500
210
6,500
2,750
505
950
1,200
1,000
400
'Oakland 215,000
Oakley.
•Occidental. . . .
Pacheco
-'Palo Alto
Paradise
Patterson
Penn Grove. . .
'Penryn
Perl.-ins
'Petaluma
'Piedmont
•Pike City
•Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasanton. . . .
Port Costa ....
'Redwood City.
- 'Richmond ....
Rio Vista
'Rocklin
•Rodeo
- 'Roseville
'Ross
'Sacramento. . .
San Andreas . .
'San Anselmo. .
'San Bruno. . . .
'San Francisco.
200
600
250
5,200
500
500
300
250
250
7,500
3,000
200
850
5.000
1.500
1,000
3,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
300
3,000
800
75,000
750
2.500
1.500
560.000
'San Jose 45,000
•San Juan.
'San Leandro. .
San Lorenzo . .
•San Martin. . .
'San Mateo. , . .
•San Pablo. . . .
'San Quentin . .
326
4,000
400
200
5,500
500
2,5(:0
Place
'.San Rafael ....
•Santa Clara. . .
•Santa Cruz. . .
'Santa Rosa . . .
Saratoga
Sausalito
'Sebastopol. . . .
'Shellville
Sheridan
Smartsville. . .
•Soquel
•Sonoma
'South San
Francisco. . .
'-'Stanford Uni-
versity
•Stege
'- 'Stockton
Suisun
Sunol
Sunnyvale. . . .
Sutter City. . .
'-'Sutter Creek..
Tiburon
'Tres Pinos. . . .
•Vacaville
'- 'V^allejo
'Vineburg
Walnut Creek.
Warm Springs.
•Watsonville. . .
Wheatland.. . .
Winters
'Woodland ....
Woodside
Yolo
'Yuba City
Population
6,000
6,000
13.600
11,500
300
2,750
1,850
200
250
300
400
1,250
3.200
2,600
600
35,000
800
340
1,200
250
1,300
350
300
1,250
12,500
200
600
200
6,000
500
1,200
5,200
225
350
1,500
Total Cities
and Towns.. 1,335.833
Add Suburban
Population.. 381,511
Total Popula-
tion Served. 1
-Gas. Electricity and Water.
-Gas, Elect, and St. Railways.
-Electricity and Water.
• — Electricity supplied tluough other companies.
' — Gas supplied through other companies.
' — Water supplied through other companies.
"PACIFIC SERVICE" FACTS:
n^HE total gas-storage capacity of "Pacific Service"
Plants is nearly twenty-one million cuhic feet. The
generators in the seventeen plants are ahle to generate
sufficient gas to fill this storage in less than eight honrs.
Investment Service
T^HE quality and scope of the service
rendered by this Investment Organiza-
tion may be measured by our
Wide Opportunities for Selection
Complete Facilities for Investigation
Ample Resources.
It is to the advantage of the Investor to
establish relations with an Organization
which not only makes available Bonds
suited to every legitimate purpose, but
offers the services of a properly equipped
Organization to assist Investors in impor-
tant Investment Centers.
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Pittsburgh, Pa. Albany, N. Y. Portland, Ore.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Kansas City, Mo. Cleveland, O.
Chicago, 111. Baltimore, Md. St. Louis, Mo.
Detroit, Mich. Buffalo, N. Y. Denver, Colo.
Boston, Mass. Washington, D. C. Minneapolis, Minn.
Our California Offices specialize in Securities tax-exempt
in that state, including the various Bond Issues of the Pacific
Gas & Electric System.
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